St. Louis Cemetery No. 3
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An 1848 city legislature act allowed the Catholic wardens to establish a new cemetery. Land along Bayou St. John, purchased from Evariste Blanc for $15,000, became St. Louis Cemetery #3. The cemetery opened in 1854.
The original plans for the cemetery called for three main aisles named for St. Peter, St. Paul and St. Louis along with four smaller aisles named for St. Mary, St. Joseph, St. Magdalene and St. Philomene. In 1865 J.A. d'Hemecourt developed a new plan to increase the depth of the burial ground and creating cross aisles which were named for bishops and archbishops of the diocese.
The cemetery is the last resting place for several notable New Orleanian including; the family tombs of several restaurateurs such as the Galtoire, Tujague, and Prudhomme, architects James Gallier and James Gallier Jr., and photographer E. J. Bellocq.
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Tujague Family Tomb
Image courtesy of Amanda Knight.
Galatoire Family Tomb
Image courtesy of Amanda Knight.
Prudhomme Family Tomb
Images courtesy of Amanda Knight.
Gallier Monument
James Gallier was a famed architect whose many famous works include Gallier Hall, former City Hall of New Orleans, and the Pontalba buildings surrounding Jackson Square. James Gallier and his wife were lost at sea when the steamer the Evening Star wrecked on October 3, 1866. Image courtesy of Amanda Knight.
E.J. Bellocq, from The Owl, New Orleans, 1898.
The photographer E.J. Bellocq is buried in St. Louis Cemetery No. 3. Image is in the Public Domain. Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.