339-341 Bourbon St.

800-804 Conti St.

Square: 69 Lot Number: 11401

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Vieux Carré Commission Evaluation:

No change: main building -- green; rear (Bourbon St.) façade -- brown. C. 1826 frame (brick-between-posts covered with weatherboard?) Creole cottage with three dormers. This was converted in the late 19th century for use as a corner store (drug store).

Green
Portion of Building Main
Material Masonry
Note partially of Wood (bricks-between-posts?)

Dimensions

Frontage 52′ 11″ 0‴
2 50′ 9″ 4‴
3 52′ 11″ 0‴
4 50′ 9″ 4‴

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Last Updated: Monday, May 24th 1982
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Wednesday, June 6th 1973

Record Source COB
Volume 716
Page 419
N.A.# 97175
Authority C. J. Pisano ( Notary )
Record Type sale
Price $315000.00

Sale for $315,000, cash $94,500. "The Famous Door" housed here. Lot measures 50' 9" 4''' front on Conti St., same in rear, with a depth and front on Bourbon St. of 52' 11" A.M. b.e.p.l."

Wednesday, March 13th 1968

Record Source COB
Volume 687
Page 1
CDC# 439-602
Authority Civil District Court ( Court )
Record Type succession

Div. E Genevieve Caserta Guinle, surviving spouse entitled to one-half interest in all property, including Lot A.

Wednesday, May 15th 1957

Record Source COB
Volume 604
Page 63
CDC# 336,866
Authority Civil District Court ( Court )
Record Type succession

Wednesday, May 15th 1957

Record Source COB
Volume 616
Page 348
Authority E. C. Irwin ( Notary )
Record Type [sale?]

Wednesday, May 29th 1918

Record Source COB
Volume 296
Page 457
Authority A. J. Peters ( Notary )
Record Type [sale?]

Monday, April 22nd 1901

Record Source COB
Volume 179
Page 337
Authority F. J. Dreyfous ( Notary )
Record Type [sale?]

Saturday, August 20th 1898

Record Source COB
Volume 167
Page 688
Authority Felix J. Dreyfous ( Notary )
Record Type [sale?]

"A portion of ground with buildings and improvements designated by Letter "A", survey by S. G. Del Isle, April 16, 1898, annexed hereto, measuring 52' 11" front on Bourbon Street by depth and front on Conti Street of 50' 9" 4'''." Other transactions: COB 132/14; COB 116/86; COB 103/353.

Saturday, March 7th 1874

Record Source COB
Volume 105
Page 347
CDC# 36,876
Authority Civil District Court ( Court )
Record Type succession

Tuesday, January 10th 1865

Record Source Original Act
Volume 2
Page 305
Authority A. Hero Jr. ( Notary )
Authority Date Tuesday, January 10th 1865
Record Type [sale?]

Monday, April 1st 1861

Record Source Original Act
Volume 19
Page 62
N.A.# 16177
Authority Alix Bienvenu ( Notary )
Authority Date Monday, April 1st 1861
Record Type [sale?]

"The land forming the corner of Bourbon and Conti streets measuring 50' front on Bourbon Street by 70' in depth, together with buildings and improvements consisting of a house in wood, covered in slates, having six rooms, forming the corner and another house, in brick, covered in slate facing Conti Street having two rooms."

Saturday, September 16th 1826

Record Source Original Act
Volume 1
Page 44
Authority J. N. Duncan ( Notary )
Authority Date Saturday, September 16th 1826
Record Type [sale?]

Wednesday, May 31st 1826

Record Source Original Act
Volume 6
Page 305
Authority F. de Armas ( Notary )
Authority Date Wednesday, May 31st 1826
Record Type [sale?]

Saturday, July 11th 1778

Record Source Original Act
Page 309
Authority Andres Almonester y Roxas ( Notary )
Authority Date Saturday, July 11th 1778
Record Type [sale?]

Monday, January 1st 1731

Record Source Map
Authority Gonichon Map ( Map )
Record Type [land grant and/or sale and/or succession]

Lot No. 183 to one named Jean Foutre.

Thursday, January 1st 1728

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

Lot No. 219 granted to one named Jean Fouts.

Thursday, January 1st 1722

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

Lot No. 250 granted to Jean Vessee, Concession Workman. Marginal note: To Jean Conrate Quillee, German.

Citations

"339 Bourbon Street - The drug store at the southwest corner of Bourbon and Conti Streets occupies an old structure that was erected by Don Andre Guillory some years prior to 1926 when he sold it to François Boisdoré."

p.217

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

Famous Door Owner is Dead

[Hypolite A. Guinle]

— Times-Picayune
Date: Wednesday, September 1st 1965

Chair Occupied by Agnew is Enshrined

[Famous Door]

— Times-Picayune
Author: Howard Jacobs Date: Wednesday, January 28th 1970

Two bars in Quarter sue city for damages

— States-Item
Date: Wednesday, November 24th 1976