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St. Louis Cemetery No. 1

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Saint Louis Cemetery is the name of three Roman Catholic cemeteries in New Orleans, Louisiana. Most of the graves are above-ground vaults constructed in the 18th and 19th centuries.Cemeteries No. 1 and No. 2 are included on the National Register of Historic Places and the Louisiana African American Heritage Trail.Saint Louis No. 1St. Louis Cemetery No. 1 is the oldest and most famous. It was opened in 1789, replacing the city's older St. Peter Cemetery (no longer in existence) as the main burial ground when the city was redesigned after a fire in 1788.It is 8 blocks from the Mississippi River, on the north side of Basin Street, one block beyond the inland border of the French Quarter. It borders the Iberville housing project. It has been in continuous use since its foundation. The nonprofit group Save Our Cemeteries and commercial businesses offer tours for a fee.Famous New Orleanians buried in St. Louis No. 1 include Etienne de Boré, wealthy pioneer of the sugar industry and the first mayor of New Orleans; Homer Plessy, the plaintiff from the landmark 1896 Plessy v. Ferguson Supreme Court decision on civil rights; and Ernest N. "Dutch" Morial, the first African-American mayor of New Orleans.

Address: 425 Basin St , New Orleans 70112, LA, US
Phone: (504) 596-3050
State: LA
City: New Orleans
Zip Code: 70112


opening hours

Monday: 09:00-15:00
Tuesday: 09:00-15:00
Wednesday: 09:00-15:00
Thursday: 09:00-15:00
Friday: 09:00-15:00
Saturday: 09:00-15:00
Sunday: 09:00-12:00


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