New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park is a U.S.

National Historical Park National Historic Site (NHS) is a designation for an officially recognized area of national historic significance in the United States. An NHS usually contains a single historical feature directly associated with its subject. The National Historic ...

in the Tremé neighborhood of

New Orleans New Orleans ( , ,New Orleans

, near 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 Sq ...

. It was created in 1994 to celebrate the origins and evolution of

jazz Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with its roots in blues and ragtime. Since the 1920s Jazz Age, it has been recognized as a m ...

. Most of the historical park property consists of within

Louis Armstrong Park Louis Armstrong Park is a park located in the Tremé neighborhood of New Orleans, Louisiana, just across Rampart Street from the French Quarter. In the 1960s a controversial urban renewal project leveled a substantial portion of the Tremé neigh ...

leased by the

National Park Service The National Park Service (NPS) is an agency of the United States federal government within the U.S. Department of the Interior that manages all national parks, most national monuments, and other natural, historical, and recreational properti ...

. There is a

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at 916 North Peters Street and a concert venue, several blocks away in the French Quarter. The Park provides a setting for sharing the cultural history of the people and places which helped to shape the development and progression of jazz in New Orleans. National Park Service staff present information and resources associated with the origins and early development of jazz, through interpretive techniques designed to educate and entertain.

Perseverance Hall No. 4

The centerpiece of the site is Perseverance Hall No. 4. Originally a

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, it was built between 1819 and 1820, making it the oldest Masonic temple in Louisiana. Perseverance Hall was listed on the

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on October 2, 1973. The entire National Historical Park was administratively listed on the Register on the date of its authorization, October 31, 1994. File:NEW ORLEANS JAZZ NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK, ORLEANS PARISH.jpg, Entrance to

References

General references: * ''The National Parks: Index 2001–2003''. Washington: U.S. Department of the Interior Specific references:

External links

Official NPS website

with more information about the structures and history of the park
New Orleans Jazz NHP - Evolution of the Jazz Complex
a 2001 article fro
Vol. 24, No. 2
of the NPS ''Cultural Resource Management'' magazine
Official National Parks Foundation website
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Perseverance Hall No. 4

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