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Napoleon House

By Nicole Schouest, Timothy Rodriguez & Kathryn O'Dwyer, Editor
In April 1814, Mayor Nicolas Girod was serving his first term as mayor of New Orleans when his brother, Clause Francois, died and left him a lot on the corner of Chartres and St. Louis Streets. When he received this plot, he began to build a grand…
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