701 Chartres St.

Square: 43 Lot Number: 18492-01_Cab

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Vieux Carré Commission Evaluation:

The Cabildo (Louisiana State Museum) [N.B: The Vieux Carré Survey does not include Vieux Carré Commission written or color-coded map evaluations for Square 43. Ratings are taken from the VCC website’s color-coded map.]

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Portion of Building Main
Material Masonry

Dimensions

Frontage 107′ 6″ 1‴
2 93′ 6″ 5‴
3 107′ 9″ 0‴
4 93′ 5″ 5‴

Chain of Title

Last Updated: Tuesday, July 26th 1983
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Wednesday, January 1st 1908

Record Source COB
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Authority Date Wednesday, January 1st 1908
Record Type donation

Both Louisiana State Museum and the Louisiana Historical Society provided permanent homes in the Cabildo, Arsenal, and Presbytere by an ordinance of the New Orleans city council.  No prior chain of title - property has always belonged to the City of New Orleans.

Citations

"Eleven architects vying for contract on Cabildo repairs:

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Only eight days after the fire that burned away the Cabildo's roof and gutted its third floor, 11 Louisiana architects have applied to repair the historic building on Jackson square."

— Times-Picayune
Author: Alex Martin Date: Friday, May 20th 1988

"N.O. expert on Cabildo to repair it:

During the last 53 years, New Orleans architect Samuel Wilson, Jr. has written about the Cabildo, drawn it, researched it and restored it.

On Friday, he was chosen to lead the team to repair the fire-damaged 189-year-old building where the transfer of the Louisiana Purchase territories from France to the United States was consummated."

— Times-Picayune
Author: Alex Martin Date: Saturday, May 21st 1988

Museum gets $75,000 grant

— Times-Picayune, sec. A, p. 4
Date: Saturday, May 21st 1988

National experts rally to the Cabildo

— Times-Picayune, sec. B, p. 2
Author: Marjorie Roehl Date: Tuesday, May 31st 1988

Contractor to be named Friday to restore Cabildo

— Times-Picayune, sec. B, p. 5
Author: Marjorie Roehl Date: Thursday, June 2nd 1988

Bid law suspension sought for Cabildo

— Times-Picayune
Author: Ed Anderson Date: Friday, June 10th 1988

Removal of Cabildo's top floor will start today

— Times-Picayune, sec. B, p. 2
Author: Dan Bennett & Marjorie Roehl Date: Saturday, June 11th 1988

"Raisin' The Roof"

An invitation to a Cabildo Benefit Concert, June 25th [1988?]

— Invitation
Date: Saturday, June 25th 1988

Saving the past

— Times-Picayune, sec. B, p. 1
Date: Thursday, July 28th 1988

Cabildo's trash is treasured

— Times-Picayune, sec. B, p. 1
Date: Thursday, July 28th 1988

Historic Cabildo Badly Damaged in Fire

— History News Dispatch, Vol. 3/8, p. 1
Date: Monday, August 1st 1988

Rebuilding the Cabildo from insider out

— Lagniappe (Times-Picayune), p. 13
Author: Roger Green Date: Friday, August 12th 1988

New director has big plans for LSM

— Lagniappe (Times-Picayune), p. 14
Author: Roger Green Date: Friday, August 12th 1988

Cabildo contractors blamed by state in $4 million suit

— Times-Picayune
Author: Susan Finch Date: Thursday, October 13th 1988

Fixing the Cabildo

— Times-Picayune, p. 1, c. 2
Date: Saturday, November 5th 1988

Out of the ashes: Goal is to build a better Cabildo

— Times-Picayune
Author: Bruce Eggler Date: Saturday, November 5th 1988

Letter to the Editor: "The legend of the Cabildo:

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With the attention of the community focused on the restoration of the Cabildo after last May's fire, this may be the time to set straight its historic use.

The colony of Louisiana was never governed from this building or this site."

— Times-Picayune
Author: Robert J. Cangelosi Jr. & Henry W. Krotzer Jr. Date: Monday, November 14th 1988

"Cabildo restoration slow and steady:

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State Museum Director James Sefcik watched in horror one year ago as the Cabildo's roof was swallowed in a crown of flames. He imagined the worst - total destruction of one of Louisiana's greatest treasures."

— Times-Picayune, sec. B, p. 1
Author: Joan Treadway Date: Thursday, May 11th 1989

"Museum board argues over role of support group:

Minutes after hearing a plea for unity from its new chairwoman, the Louisiana State Museum's board of directors Wednesday began a sometimes rancorous debate about the museum's relations with its chief support group and the performance of its directors."

— Times-Picayune
Author: Bruce Eggler Date: Thursday, September 5th 1991

New Cap For Cabildo

— Times-Picayune
Date: Tuesday, February 18th 1992

New Cabildo roof harks back to 1840s construction style

— Times-Picayune
Author: Joan Treadway Date: Tuesday, February 18th 1992