513-535 Chartres St.

Square: 41 Lot Number: 18455

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No change: yellow. This one-story, masonry structure now forms a part of WDSU. It originally was constructed c. 1906 for the Cosmopolitan Ice Company. The lot was the site of the Stranger’s Hotel. [N.B: The ‘actual’ address of this one-story parking garage is 527-535 Chartres. The address of 513 Chartres is used in this record because, when the chain of title was created, 513-525 Chartres (now the Royal Orleans Hotel parking garage, with the primary address of 621 St. Louis) and 527-535 Chartres (now owned by The Historic New Orleans Collection) were one lot, with the larger address of 513-535 Chartres.]

Yellow
Portion of Building Parking garage (527-535 Chartres)
Material Masonry
Orange
Portion of Building Main (Royal Orleans multi-story parking garage, 513-525 Chartres)
Material "Iron building"

Dimensions

Frontage 183′ 0″ 0‴
2 60′ 0″ 0‴
3 11′ 1″ 0‴
4 68′ 3″ 1‴
5 157′ 0″ 1‴
6 15′ 0″ 0‴
7 36′ 8″ 7‴
8 112′ 11″ 6‴

Chain of Title

Last Updated: Wednesday, October 14th 1981
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Saturday, July 6th 1996

Record Source Newspaper
Page 17
Authority Times-Picayune ( Newspaper )
Record Type sale
Price $2080000.00

Chartres St. 523-525 and Toulouse St. 616.

Tuesday, September 30th 1980

Record Source COB
Volume 768H
Page 447
N.A.# 385747
Authority Julian H. Good ( Notary )
Record Type sale
Price $21000000.00

Part of Royal Orleans Hotel. Lot O, along with other lots in Square 41 and Square 64. A portion of ground with all the bldgs. Beginning at a distance of 91' 8" 6''' from the corner of St. Louis and Chartres Sts. And measuring along St. Louis St. side 112' 11" 6''', thence towards Toulouse St. 36' 8" 7''', thence towards Royal St. at an angle of 89º 35' 30" a distance of 15', thence toward Toulouse St. at an angle of 90º 24' 30" a distance of 63' 2" 6''', thence towards Chartres St. 127' 11" 6''', along Chartres St. a distance of 100' to the point of beginning. Chateau Louisiane, Inc. a newly formed corporation Sept. 22, 1980. [N.B. This record refers to 513-525 Chartres, which now forms a portion of the larger primary address at 513-535 Chartres.]

Thursday, January 4th 1973

Record Source COB
Volume 718
Page 66
N.A.# 83568
Authority F. H. Lapeyre ( Notary )
Record Type sale
Price $1000000.00

Lots A and B and Lot R on Toulouse. [N.B. This record refers to 527-535 Chartres, which now forms a portion of the larger primary address at 513-535 Chartres.]

Monday, January 1st 1973

Record Source COB
Volume 718A
Page 94
Authority Wade O. Martin Jr. ( )
Record Type merger

Merger agreement; certified by Secretary of State Wade O. Martin, Jr. [N.B. This record refers to 513-525 Chartres, which now forms a portion of the larger primary address at 513-535 Chartres.]

Tuesday, December 31st 1968

Record Source COB
Volume 688
Page 570
Authority Bartholomew P. Sullivan Jr. ( Notary )
Record Type sale

Sale for 19,000 shares of common stock at $1.00 per share. Lots A and B acquired COB 601/102 and Lot R COB 647/102.

Monday, December 30th 1963

Record Source COB
Volume 656
Page 520
Authority Bartholomew P. Sullivan Jr. ( Notary )
Record Type sale
Price $1000000.00

Impt. and bldg. [N.B. This record refers to 513-525 Chartres, which now forms a portion of the larger primary address at 513-535 Chartres.]

Saturday, June 21st 1958

Record Source COB
Volume 619
Page 659
Authority Bartholomew P. Sullivan Jr. ( Notary )
Record Type sale
Price $1000.00

A strip of ground formerly referred to as a common alley, begins 123' 3" 2''' from corner of St. Louis and Chartres Sts., measures 4' 6" 6''' front on Chartres St., same width in rear by a depth of 66' 2". Acq. COB 618/613. [N.B. This record refers to 513-525 Chartres, which now forms a portion of the larger primary address at 513-535 Chartres.]

Monday, June 2nd 1958

Record Source COB
Volume 618
Page 613
Authority Edgar Grima ( Notary )
Record Type sale

Sale of assets Feb. 19, 1913, by Citizens Bank of Louisiana. [N.B. This record refers to 513-525 Chartres, which now forms a portion of the larger primary address at 513-535 Chartres.]

Tuesday, February 21st 1956

Record Source COB
Volume 607
Page 653
Authority Bartholomew P. Sullivan Jr. ( Notary )
Record Type transfer

Transfer of property. Lot 14, 21' 5" front on Chartres St., 66' 2" in depth (title). Municipal Nos. 513-515 Chartres St. [N.B. This record refers to 513-525 Chartres, which now forms a portion of the larger primary address at 513-535 Chartres.]

Monday, September 27th 1954

Record Source COB
Volume 598
Page 102
Authority Bartholomew P. Sullivan Jr. ( Notary )
Record Type sale
Price $16500.00

Lot W fronts on Chartres St., commences 132' 1" 3''' from corner of Toulouse St., measures 63' 10" 6''' front on Chartres St. by depth of 127' 11" 6''', has a width in rear of 64' 0" 2'''. Lot Z measures 10' front on Chartres St. by a depth of 127' 11" 6''' on the side nearer Toulouse, 112' 11" 6''' on side nearer St. Louis St., right angle in rear line 15' in the direction of Chartres St. and 53' 9" 1''' in the direction of St. Louis St. Acq. 598/77 and 579/149. [N.B. This record refers to 513-525 Chartres, which now forms a portion of the larger primary address at 513-535 Chartres.]

Friday, September 17th 1954

Record Source COB
Volume 598
Page 77
Authority Bartholomew P. Sullivan Jr. ( Notary )
Record Type sale
Price $120000.00

Lot 535. Lots A-B and part of O. Lot commences 49' 5" from Toulouse St. and measures 136' 7" 1''' front on Chartres St., 112' 11" 6''' in depth towards Royal St., thence at right angle in direction of Toulouse St. 53' 9" 1''', thence at right angle in direction of Royal St. a further depth of 15', thence on a line in direction of Toulouse St. 94' 0" 4''', on line in direction of Chartres St. in direction of St. Louis St. 11' 1", thence further in direction of Chartres St. 60' to the point of beginning. (Measures differ slightly from later Title map of J. L. Gandolfo, Jr., June 17, 1958). Acq. 600/89.

Thursday, September 9th 1954

Record Source COB
Volume 600
Page 89
Authority Robert E. Leake Jr. ( Notary )
Record Type liquidation

Shares of Capital Stock of said Chartres Garage Corporation surrendered in exchange for the above property with separate and paraphernal funds.

Tuesday, October 6th 1953

Record Source COB
Volume 589
Page 686
Authority Robert E. Leake Jr. ( Notary )
Record Type sale
Price $55000.00

Sale for $55,000 with assumption of mortgage. Lot A-B and part of O. Property at 535 Chartres St. measures 136' 7" 1''' front on Chartres St. toward St. Louis St. by a depth of 112' 11" 6''' from Chartres St. to Royal St., thence at right angle on a line in the direction of Toulouse St. 53' 9" 1''', thence at right angle on a line in the direction of Royal St. a further depth of 15', thence on a line in the direction of Toulouse St. approximately 94' 0" 4''', thence on a line in the direction of Chartres St. 68' 3" 1''', thence narrowing on a line parallel to Chartres St. in the direction of St. Louis St. 11' 1", thence a further distance of 60' in the direction of Chartres St. to the beginning on Chartres St.

Thursday, May 7th 1953

Record Source COB
Volume 591
Page 309
Authority Robert E. Leake Jr. ( Notary )
Record Type sale
Price $55000.00

Gloria Anselmo Dubuc purchases with paraphernal funds. Vendors appear as partners of Marine Ice Co.

Friday, September 28th 1951

Record Source COB
Volume 579
Page 149
Authority Bartholomew P. Sullivan Jr. ( Notary )
Record Type sale
Price $5000.00

Lot Z Lot Z, an L-shaped property on plan by Gandolfo, Nov. 7, 1949, 10' front on Chartres St. by a depth of 127' 11" 6''' nearest Toulouse St. and 112' 11" 6''' nearest St. Louis St., 63' 9" 1''' at right angle in rear by 15' concluding a 53' 9" measure in rear from Toulouse St. to St. Louis St.

Friday, February 21st 1947

Record Source COB
Volume 550
Page 215
Authority Samuel Lang ( Notary )
Record Type sale
Price $6750.00

Lot 3 Impts. 511 Chartres St. Lot 3 measures 21' 4" front on Chartres St. with a depth of 66' 5" on survey by Gilbert and Kelly, Surveyors, Dec. 26, 1946. [N.B. This record refers to 513-515 Chartres, which now forms a portion of the larger primary address at 513-535 Chartres.]

Friday, January 3rd 1947

Record Source COB
Volume 549
Page 146
Authority Frederick A. Kullman ( Notary )
Record Type sale
Price $6750.00

Lot No. 3. 511 Chartres St. [N.B. This record refers to 513-525 Chartres, which now forms a portion of the larger primary address at 513-535 Chartres.]

Monday, October 7th 1946

Record Source COB
Volume 547
Page 583
Authority W. J. Waguespack Jr. ( Notary )
Record Type sale
Price $20000.00

For 1/4 interest as partners in Marine Ice Co., composed of John E. Pottharst, Mrs. Viola J. Pottharst, wife of Lt. Alton H. Rowland, and Julian McPhillips, vendor. 1) Lots Z and W. 63' 10" 6''' front on Chartres St. Lot designated as 531-541 Chartres St., measures 63' 11" 3''' on Chartres St. by 85' 3" 1''' in depth and front on Toulouse St. 2) Lots A and B on plan of C. Lewis measures 68' 2" front on Chartres St. and 128' 3" 1''' in depth, extending in rear to Toulouse St. This sale includes all property acquired by Marine Ice Co. from Marine Ice Co., Inc. This sale includes several other lots in 5th District.

Thursday, September 30th 1943

Record Source COB
Volume 528
Page 119
Authority Felix J. Dreyfous ( Notary )
Record Type partition

Act of Partition of Succession of Cecile Avegno Rousset (CDC 251-763). Appraised at $3000. Lot 3 on plan of Edgar Pilie, Jan. 21, 1904. Lot 4 appraised value $3000. [N.B. This record refers to 517-525 Chartres, which now forms a portion of the larger primary address at 513-535 Chartres.]

Tuesday, September 7th 1943

Record Source COB
Volume 530
Page 57
Authority James A. Bugla ( Notary )
Record Type sale
Price $50000.00

$50,000 for this portion and other adjoining places. Lot 3. That portion with improvements in Second District, Square 41, bounded by Chartres, St. Louis, Royal and Toulouse streets, facing on Chartres Street and commencing 132' 1" 3''' from corner of Toulouse Street and measures 63' 10" 6''' front on Chartres Street by a depth of 127' 11" 6''' and a width in the rear of 64' 2". All as per survey of F. C. Gandolfo Jr., Surveyor, dated March 10, 1936. Site of Strangers Hotel (now vacant) - 517-519 (?) Chartres Street. [N.B. This record refers to 517-525 Chartres, which now forms a portion of the larger primary address at 513-535 Chartres.]

Tuesday, September 7th 1943

Record Source COB
Volume 530
Page 57
Authority James A. Bugla ( Notary )
Record Type sale
Price $50000.00

A portion with improvements in same District and Square forms the corner of Charres and Toulouse streets and measures 63' 11" 3''' front on Chartres Street by 85' 3" 1''' depth and front on Toulouse Street. A portion with improvements in same District and Square designated by the letters A. & B. on plan of C. U. Lewis, D.C.S. October 15, 1906 which portion begins 63' 11" 3" from the corner of Toulouse Street and measures 68' 2" front on Chartres Street by a depth on side line towards St. Louis Street of 128' 3" 1''', thence at right angle along the rear line extending to Toulouse Strete 132' 1" 3''', thence at right angles along Toulouse Street in the direction of Chartres Street 43' 6", thence at right angles on a line towards St. Louis Street parallel to Chartres Street 63' 11" 3''', thence at right angles 85' 3" 1''' to point of beginning, said portion facing Toulouse Street at a distance of 85' 3" 1''' from Chartres Street. Les and except that portion forming the corner of Chartres and Toulouse streets measuring 49' 5" front on Chartres Street by a depth and front on Toulouse Street of 128' 3" 1''' and a depth on the opposite side line as follows: a first depth of 60' thence narrowing on a line parallel to Chartres Street 11' 1" and thence a second depth of 68' 3" 1''' and having a width in the rear of 38' 4", all as per survey by A. Orr dated Feb. 23, 1940, annexed to act of M. B. Redman, 2/23/40. This sale includes all property acquired by the Marine Ice Co., Inc. from the Panama Ice Co. in Liq. In proceedings NO. 248, 189 C.D.C. [N.B. This record refers to 531-535 Chartres, which now forms a portion of the larger primary address at 513-535 Chartres.]

Tuesday, August 31st 1943

Record Source COB
Volume 529
Page 4
Record Type redemption

No. A 2333 - Sale No. 35812. Redemption of City Taxes for year 1939. $113.67. Lot 3. [N.B. This record refers to 517-525 Chartres, which now forms a portion of the larger primary address at 513-535 Chartres.]

Saturday, August 28th 1943

Record Source COB
Volume 530
Page 37
Authority Lucille May Grace ( )
Record Type redemption

Lucille May Grace, Register State Land Office. Redemption - $60.80. State taxes. Lot No. 3. Portion of land designated as Lot No. 3, Square 41, Second District, square bounded by Chartres, Toulouse, Royal and St. Louis streets, 63' 9" 4''' front on Chartres Street by 127' 8" 8'''. [N.B. This record refers to 513-515 Chartres, which now forms a portion of the larger primary address at 513-535 Chartres.]

Wednesday, February 3rd 1943

Record Source COB
Volume 527
Page 256
Authority M. B. Redman ( Notary )
Record Type sale
Price $36690.59

$36,690.59 for this lot and adjoining portions. Lot 3. Lot A is bounded on the side nearest Toulouse Street by the property formerly known as the Orleans Hotel and on the St. Louis Street side by that formerly owned by P. Avegno, Jr. 1. Portion B. Municipal Nos. 531-541 Chartres Street. Lots A & B on plan of C.U. Lewis, Surveyor. 2. Another portion. [N.B. This record refers to 517-525, 527-535 Chartres, which now form a portion of the larger primary address at 513-535 Chartres.]

Monday, January 6th 1941

Record Source COB
Volume 515
Page 337
Authority Alvin G. Montgomery ( Notary )
Record Type tax sale
Price $43.65

Sale 34. Tax sale for 1939 taxes. $3.65. Lot No. 3. [N.B. This record refers to 517-525 Chartres, which now forms a portion of the larger primary address at 513-535 Chartres.]

Citations

Hotel des Etrangers. Formerly known by the name of Hotel Bienvenu. This hotel kept by Widows Dupar and Bouchet, has just been fully repaired... It will be opened on the 1st of August.

— L'Ami des Lois
Date: Thursday, July 26th 1821

Lease

Mrs. Herries leases former Beale Hotel, Chartres between St. Louis and Toulouse.

F. de Armas, Vol. 5/501

— Notarial Act (New Orleans Notarial Archives)
Author: Felix de Armas, N.P. Date: Tuesday, September 12th 1826

MADAME FOX...[h]as returned to her old establishment, that spacious building of Bernard Marigny, Esq. No. 149 Chartres Street, near the New Exchange, which has been fitted up in a superior style and she is now prepared to receive ladies and gentlemen as boarders. Families can be accommodated with separate parlours.

— Louisiana Advertiser, p. 1, c. 4
Date: Friday, June 4th 1830

LESSONS IN THE FRENCH LANGUAGE &c. - Lafontaine, recently arrived in this city respectfully informs... that he gives private lessons in the French language and Bookkeeping. Apply at Madame Fox's Hotel, No. 148 Chartres Street. He also wishes to make it known, merely with a view of being useful to his fellow citizens, that he has been so fortunate as to cure several persons who have been attacked with CHOLERA...

1st. ad.

— Louisiana Courier
Date: Tuesday, June 11th 1833

[Advertisement]

STRANGERS & PLANTERS HOTEL.

RODOLPHE MARTY, NO. 145 CHARTRES STREET. Respectfully informs his friends and the public that he has removed his establishment to the spacious building of Mr. B. Marigny, close by Hewlett's Exchange coffee house, where he solicits a share of the public patronage. Those who favor him with their custom will find the rooms convenient; and his table, which will be kept at regular hours, as formerly will be supplied with the best of provisions. This Hotel has opened since the 15th October.

Breakfast at half past 8 o'clock
Diner at half past 3 o'clock.

— New Orleans City Directory
Date: Wednesday, January 1st 1834

TO LET. A splendid Hotel, situated in Chartres street in the vicinity of the Exchange... about one square only distance from the river and the Steamboat Landing.

This establishment lately occupied by Madame Fox and neglected by the proprietor will undergo a thorough repair and receive an addition of several rooms. When completed it will offer one of the most suitable retreats to respectable families...

Apply by letter at the office of the improvement company of the said hotel No. 151 Chartres Street.

J. H. Raboteau, Sec.

p.4, c.2

— Louisiana Courier
Date: Tuesday, October 20th 1835

"Strangers' Hotel, is a plain brick building, three stories high, erected, A. D. 1812. It can accommodate seventy persons with board and lodging. R. Marty, who now keeps the establishment, also offers to the public an ordinary for breakfast and dinner, at which 150 persons can sit down. We speak knowingly and feelingly when we state, that for excellence of viands, wines and attendance, and for cheapness, moreover, it is unsurpassed in the United States. Much to the sorrow of the friends of good fare, it is in contemplation to demolish this ancient temple of good eating, to which "Ude himself might not be ashamed to stand sponsor," for the purpose of extending the already colossal proportions of the City Exchange."

— Gibson's Guide & Directory of the State of Louisiana, p. 330-331
Date: Monday, January 1st 1838

Lease

Of Strangers and Planters Hotel, corner of Chartres and Toulouse to Adolphe Marty.

A. Ducatel, Vol. 8/283

[N.B. See also Notarial Act of Amédée Ducatel, N.P., Vol. 9/400.]

— Notarial Act (New Orleans Notarial Archives)
Author: Amédée Ducatel, N.P. Date: Tuesday, July 17th 1838

"Fire about 3 o'clock yesterday morning. That fine building in Chartres street, formerly the property of Bernard Marigny, by him sold to the Improvement Bank, and wihtin ten months purchased of that institution by Philip Avegero [Avegno?], and known as the Hotel des Etrangers, was discovered to be on fire. The building is entirely destroyed with nearly all its contents, of furniture and most of the baggage of the boarders... "

— The True American
Date: Saturday, August 10th 1839

Lease

Re-lease of Strangers Hotel.

Ph. Lacoste, Vol. 4/132

— Notarial Act (New Orleans Notarial Archives)
Author: Philippe Lacoste, N.P. Date: Sunday, December 1st 1839

Strangers' Hotel - Mrs. V. Caillier, Proprietress, 131 Chartres St...

— The Industries of New Orleans
Author: Andrew Morrison Date: Sunday, January 1st 1882

"Adjoining the other hotel, but a little nearer St. Louis Street was another famous hotel of ante-bellum New Orleans. This was the Strangers' Hotel. Built in 1812, the house was, as the name indicates, a favorite resort of the foreigners, particularly Americans, who were then beginning to find their way to the city. It could accommodate 70 guests. Here Lafayette was entertained in 1825, before occupying the apartments prepared for him in the Cabildo. In 1834 Antommarchi had rooms here for seven days, and during that time wrote a letter to Mayor Prieur presenting to the city a bronze death mask of Napoleon I. In 1840 the Strangers' Hotel was under the management of R. Marty."

p.47

— The Picayune's Guide to New Orleans
Date: Wednesday, January 1st 1913

"MRS. ALMA DAUGHTERY COLVIN, center, stands next to a plaque dedicated to a patriotic ancestor of hers, Oliver Pollock. With her are local historian John Chase and Gertrude M. Beauford, Vieux Carre Chapter regent of the Daughters of the American Revolution. The plaque, which recognizes Pollock as the greatest private financial contributor to the American Revolution, will be put on display at 535 Chartres St. where he was once supposed to have resided."

— Times-Picayune, sec. 1, p. 17
Date: Monday, March 29th 1976