Carondelet Street is a major street in
. It is one-way eastbound. It starts at Robert Street in the
Uptown neighborhood and continues to Josephine Street. One must turn left at this point, and then right. Carondelet continues up to
Canal Street.
Crossing Canal Street, the name changes to
Bourbon Street
Bourbon Street (french: Rue Bourbon, es, Calle de Borbón) is a historic street in the heart of the French Quarter of New Orleans. Extending thirteen blocks from Canal Street to Esplanade Avenue, Bourbon Street is famous for its many bars an ...
, which extends to Kerlerec Street just outside the
French Quarter
The French Quarter, also known as the , is the oldest neighborhood in the city of New Orleans. After New Orleans (french: La Nouvelle-Orléans) was founded in 1718 by Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville, the city developed around the ("Old Squ ...
.
The street was named for Spanish colonial governor
Francisco Luis Héctor de Carondelet
Francisco Luis Héctor de Carondelet y Bosoist, 5th Baron of Carondelet, (born 1748, Noyelles-sur-Selle, County of Flanders, Flanders – died 1807 Quito, Ecuador) was a Spanish administrator of partial Burgundy, Burgundian descent in the employ ...
, whose administration was in the 1790s. During the 19th century, the section of Carondelet Street near
Canal Street was known as a center of the
cotton
Cotton is a soft, fluffy staple fiber that grows in a boll, or protective case, around the seeds of the cotton plants of the genus ''Gossypium'' in the mallow family Malvaceae. The fiber is almost pure cellulose, and can contain minor perce ...
trade in New Orleans. Further uptown, Carondelet Street was the location for many of the city's Jewish institutions, including the historic synagogue
Anshe Sfard Anshe Sfard is a synagogue in the Uptown neighborhood of New Orleans, Louisiana.
The congregation was founded by Hasidic Jews from Lithuania. The congregation today is Modern Orthodox. and is located in a historic building at 2230 Carondelet St ...
which is still located there. The original
Temple Sinai building was located on the street before being demolished over the objections of preservationists in 1977.
The 3600 block of the street, in the
Milan
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district, has been described as "one of the most striking blocks in the city", with three landmark houses including the Bullitt-Longenecker House (also known as the "Swiss Villa"), which is
listed
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* Endangered species in biology
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in the
National Register of Historic Places
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.
See also
*
New Orleans Cotton Exchange
The New Orleans Cotton Exchange was established in New Orleans, Louisiana, in 1871 as a centralized forum for the trade of cotton. It operated in New Orleans until closing in 1964. Occupying several buildings over its history, its final locatio ...
*
List of streets of New Orleans
New Orleans, Louisiana
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References
Streets in New Orleans
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