625 Governor Nicholls St.

Square: 51 Lot Number: 22811

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Vieux Carré Commission Evaluation:

No change: main and service -- green; rear addition -- brown. Early 20th c. townhouse with side carriageway with detached rear 2-story service building, all in the tradition of earlier French Quarter building styles and traditions. The service building most likely predates 1876.

Green
Portion of Building Service building
Material Masonry
Green
Portion of Building Main
Material Masonry
Brown
Portion of Building Rear addition
Material Masonry

Dimensions

Frontage 23′ 11″ 4‴
2 85′ 3″ 0‴
3 23′ 11″ 4‴
4 85′ 3″ 0‴

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Last Updated: Tuesday, December 8th 1981
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Friday, May 20th 1831

Record Source Original Act
Volume 6
Page 128
Authority C. Janin ( Notary )
Authority Date Friday, May 20th 1831
Record Type sale
Price $10680.00

This and other properties.

Tuesday, July 28th 1829

Record Source Original Act
Volume 8
Page 630
Authority Louis T. Caire ( Notary )
Authority Date Tuesday, July 28th 1829
Record Type sale
Price $9500.00

A lot of ground composed, according to a plan by J. Tanesse, March 19, 1822, of the whole of the lot of ground designated by the No. 5 and part of Lot No. 4 in Square No. 2, the said lot of ground forming two distinct properties of which the dimensions are, French measure: the first composed of a portion of the said No. 5, measuring 40' front on Royal Street, between Barracks and Hospital streets by 110' of depth b.p.l., and the second, composed of part of Lot No. 4 and part of No. 5, measures 22' front on Hospital Street [Gov. Nicholls], between Royal and Conde (Chartres), beginning at a distance of 110' from the corner of Royal and Hospital, 80' of depth, b.p.l. With the brick buildings and dependencies thereon. The banquettes to be found in front of the said properties had been made after the plan adopted by the corporation, and by virtue of the ordinances of the City Council which had already been paid, as stated to us by the vendor.

Friday, November 14th 1828

Record Source Original Act
Volume 23
Page 655
Authority Carlisle Pollock ( Notary )
Authority Date Friday, November 14th 1828
Record Type sale
Price $9500.00

Two pieces of ground, with all buildings thereon; this is a parcel making part of two lots designated as Numbers 4 and 5 in Square No. Two on a plan by J. Tanesse, March 19, 1822. The present purchaser becomes proprietor of the whole of Lot No. Five and all that part of Lot No. 4 which exceeds the depth of 110' from Royal St.

Wednesday, March 23rd 1825

Record Source Original Act
Volume 15
Page 126
Authority Carlisle Pollock ( Notary )
Authority Date Wednesday, March 23rd 1825
Record Type sale
Price $1950.00
Currency Piastres

Vol. 15, Page 126 (verso). Lot No. 4: 1,060 piastres Lot No. 5: 890 piastres Lots No. 4 and 5 of Square 2 on the plan by J. Tanesse, March 19, 1822. Lot No. 4, forming the corner and having 40' front on Royal by 132' 6" front on Hospital Street. Lot No. 5, having 40' front on Royal Street by 132' 6" of depth. The two lots of ground belong to the Said Community as being part of their establishment in New Orleans that had been conceded to them by the French Government, and also by virtue of an Act passed before G. R. Stringer, February 17, 1824, containing an exchange between the Nuns and the Government of the United States. By this Act of February 17, 1824, the U.S. Government, represented by Samuel H. Harper, Register, and James J. McLanahan, Collector, of the United States Land Office in New Orleans, authorized to this effect by a letter from the General Land Office in Washington, December 24, 1823 Signed by Geo. Graham, had abandoned in favor of the Said Nuns, all rights that the U.S. Government had, or would have, in their establishment in New Orleans.