716-722 Orleans St.

Square: 60 Lot Number: 18634

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Vieux Carré Commission Evaluation:

No change: green. C. 1820 two-story building which is divided into two units by a central passageway. The service ells extend perpendicularly from the main building, one for each unit. The window openings and the cornice are late 19th-century modifications.

Green
Portion of Building Main
Material Masonry

Dimensions

Frontage 63′ 8″ 0‴
2 68′ 6″ 0‴
3 30′ 6″ 0‴
4 7′ 7″ 0‴
5 6′ 8″ 0‴
6 6′ 9″ 4‴
7 26′ 6″ 0‴
8 83′ 1″ 0‴

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Last Updated: Tuesday, February 9th 1982
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Monday, January 1st 1731

Record Source Map
Authority Gonichon Map ( Map )
Record Type land grant

Lot No. 143 granted to Dargaret.

Thursday, January 1st 1728

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Authority Broutin Map ( Map )
Record Type land grant

Lot No. 163 granted to Dargaret.

Thursday, January 1st 1722

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Authority de la Tour Map ( Map )
Record Type land grant

Lot No. 186 granted to Jean Jacques de Lonetry. Marginal note: A piece to the noted Jean Pinet, gunsmith.

Citations

"Cadiz Hotel... new establishment known under the name of the Cadiz Hotel, nearly opposite the Orleans Theatre... the upper rooms, which have been lately much improved, as the lower part where the Restaurant is kept."

— Louisiana Courier
Date: Saturday, January 16th 1830

"PARIS RESTAURANT The Subscribers... that the partnership existing under the name of Cheri & Lafaye is dissolved and that they will open again, on the 6th of November the establishment known under the name of Restaurant de Paris (Paris Eating House) situated in Orleans Street opposite Davis' Coffee House under the name of Lafaye & Pastou."

— The New Orleans Bee (L'Abeille)
Date: Thursday, October 28th 1830

"EATING HOUSE. KEPT ABOVE THE TRI-COLORED COFFEE HOUSE Opposite the Orleans Theatre. The partnership that existed under the firm of Chery & Lafaye having been lately dissolved, the subscriber... has contracted new engagements and will continue his Restaurant (Eating House) in the establishment known under the title of the TRI-COLORED COFFEE HOUSE... the opening of the restaurant will take place on Sunday 30th inst... Cheri Bezy."

— The New Orleans Bee (L'Abeille)
Date: Tuesday, November 9th 1830

"FOR SALE (At Private Sale) The Coffee House in Orleans Street opposite the Theatre. The said establishment is lighted with gas, and has been finished and papered less than a month ago; it is provided with an excellent Billiard Table, a Lotto game, a Mahogany Counter, a Clock, Tables, Chairs, Curtains, Pictures, the whole almost new; the cellar is supplied with good wines, Spirits and Cordials.

Also with the above a shop for the retail of Segars, and lighted with gas, together with 30 or 40 thousand Havana Segars of a superior quality. Any person wishing to purchase same may have immediate possession given.

The undersigned wish to retire from that kind of business on account of sickness, for terms and conditions apply to PINTA & BOULIGNY."

— The New Orleans Bee (L'Abeille)
Date: Wednesday, December 6th 1837

"The undersigned has the honor... he has taken a lease of the ORLEANS RESTAURANT opposite the French Theatre, which he intends to open on Sunday, August 4... AUBERT."

— Louisiana Courier
Date: Saturday, August 3rd 1839

"RESTAURANT ORLEANS - 718 ORLEANS STREET.
Directly opposite the old Salle d'Orleans is a yellow two-story building erected in 1809 by Antoine Angue. During the heyday of the Theatre d'Orleans and when the best folks of town thronged the Orleans Ball Room, this place gained its fame from the quality of meals served by Creole chefs. It was called the Restaurant d'Orleans and for many years was in charge of Camille Adrien Dupuy who, in 1838, sold his lease to Gabriel Julien who also catered to the discriminating palates of the best people of the city for many years thereafter."

— Old New Orleans: A History of the Vieux Carré, p. 122
Author: Stanley Clisby Arthur Date: Friday, January 1st 1937

"The Orleans Restaurant, 718 Orleans Street. Just across the street from the Orleans Ballroom is an old yellow two-story structure, erected in 1809 by Antoine Angue. Here a century ago was housed the Restaurant d'Orleans, so famous during this period for its delectable Creole meals."

— New Orleans City Guide, p. 246
Date: Saturday, January 1st 1938

Galerie D'Or Opens

— States-Item
Date: Friday, September 26th 1969

Invitation to the Grand Opening of The Shell Game and All That Jazz.

— Invitation
Date: Sunday, December 5th 1971