627-631 Royal St.

Square: 61 Lot Number: 18647

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Vieux Carré Commission Evaluation:

No change: blue; two small courtyard additions -- brown. This important 2-story stuccoed brick Creole style townhouse was constructed c. 1789. Its features include a central passageway leading to the rear courtyard and garden area, arched upper openings, altered ground floor openings, and raised stucco banding that outlines the front façade. From 1860-61, this was the home of Adelina Patti.

Blue
Portion of Building Main
Material Masonry
Brown
Portion of Building Courtyard additions
Material Wood
Note assumed bldg. material

Dimensions

Frontage 50′ 0″ 0‴
2 127′ 10″ 5‴
3 2′ 11″ 1‴
4 15′ 11″ 6‴
5 78′ 5″ 0‴
6 15′ 11″ 6‴
7 31′ 4″ 1‴
8 127′ 10″ 5‴

Chain of Title

Last Updated: Wednesday, February 10th 1982
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Thursday, September 15th 1955

Record Source COB
Volume 607
Page 243
Authority F. W. Gaudin ( Notary )
Record Type [sale?]

Friday, May 13th 1955

Record Source COB
Volume 600
Page 683
CDC# 333438
Authority Civil District Court ( Court )
Record Type succession

Monday, March 31st 1952

Record Source COB
Volume 578
Page 580
CDC# 311829
Authority Civil District Court ( Court )
Record Type succession

Inherited.

Monday, September 8th 1941

Record Source COB
Volume 516
Page 378
CDC# 240326
Authority F. W. Gaudin ( Notary )
Record Type [sale?]

From suit of "Marcel R. Camors and Mrs. Marie A. Camors, wife of August H. Grimaldi vs. Eugene X. Camors."

Monday, January 20th 1930

Record Source COB
Volume 444
Page 471
Authority Civil District Court ( Court )
Record Type succession

Monday, October 25th 1909

Record Source Original Act
Volume 47
Page 122
Authority J. Meunier ( Notary )
Authority Date Monday, October 25th 1909
Record Type sketch

Sketch of property by George de Armas, dated October 13, 1909, attached to this act.

Tuesday, June 8th 1897

Record Source COB
Volume 166
Page 584
Authority J. Meunier ( Notary )
Record Type [sale?]

Lot measuring 64' 3" 5''' front on Royal.

Tuesday, May 14th 1895

Record Source COB
Volume 157
Page 385
Authority W. M. Gurley ( Notary )
Record Type [sale?]

Thursday, July 28th 1892

Record Source COB
Volume 143
Page 259
CDC# 36353
Authority Civil District Court ( Court )
Record Type succession

From the Succession of her brother. Half interest.

Friday, September 3rd 1875

Record Source COB
Volume 105
Page 937
CDC# 38204
Authority Civil District Court ( Court )
Record Type succession

From the succession of her mother.

Tuesday, February 18th 1862

Record Source COB
Volume 87
Page 238
Authority A. Ducatel ( Notary )
Record Type [sale?]

Original Act: 82/358.

Friday, January 21st 1853

Record Source COB
Volume 58
Page 390
Authority Denis Prieur ( Notary )
Record Type [sale?]

Original Act: 0/114.

Friday, May 2nd 1851

Record Source COB
Volume 52
Page 639
Authority A. Chiapella ( Notary )
Record Type succession

Original Act: 23/402.

Wednesday, March 12th 1851

Record Source Plan Book
Volume 25
Page 258
Record Type plan

Plan showing lot portions and ownership, as of this date, of Royal Street, and half each of St. Peter and Toulouse streets. [Plan Book 25/25?]

Tuesday, February 11th 1834

Record Source Original Act
Volume 35
Page 138
Authority ( Notary )
Authority Date Tuesday, February 11th 1834
Record Type [sale?]

Tuesday, January 14th 1834

Record Source Plan Book
Volume 14
Page 6
Authority P & J Properties ( )
Record Type plan

Agent / Single Party Act / Other:

Louise Foucher Poree

"Plan of a portion of ground on which are brick buildings having a story, [a two-story structure in today's parlance], situated on Royal Street, northwest, between St. Peter and Toulouse, belonging to the Succession of Mme. Widow Poree, nee Foucher." Sketch drawn by Joseph Pilie, surveyor.

Friday, September 27th 1833

Record Source Court
Authority ( Notary )
Record Type succession

Probate Court, 1833 Sept. 24. Heirs to the Succession of Mme. Louise Foucher Poree. Heirs to the succession of Thomas Poree, Jr., undivided one-third. "The improvements comprise a main house facing Royal Street, kitchen and other buildings. The house and dependencies presently sold were purchased by Mme. Louise Foucher Poree from Antoine Cavelier by an act before Michel de Armas, March 24, 1818. The property now sold was composed of the three portions of land purchased by Antoine Cavelier at various times, as follows: 1: The house and dependencies on a lot of 45' more or less, fronting Royal Street and having a depth of 120' were purchase conjointly by Antoine Cavelier and Joseph Montegut from Andre Roche by an act before J. B. Garic, April 14, 1777. Mr. Cavelier became proprietor of the totality when he purchased the undivided half interest from Joseph Montegut by an act before Leonard Mazange, Dec. 18, 1780. Note: The complete chain of title for this property is given fully here. 2: The 13' 7" front on Royal Street by a depth next the side of St. Peter Street to the lot already described had been purchased by Antoine Cavelier as the highest bidder at a public sale made on June 4, 1809 by William G. Garland, former Sheriff of the Parish, after seizure in the case of James LeDuc and Robert Dow vs. Leonard Lemelle, Victoire Deslande, Felicite Durand, and Charles Noel, which sale is registered in the records of the Superior Court of the Territory of New Orleans, June 9, 1809. Note: The complete chain of title for this property is given in Lot No. 18646, or present-day 633 Royal Street. 3: The final portion which is the depth of the property presently sold measures 15' on a line parallel with St. Peter Street by 75' in depth, is a part of a lot of 15' fronting on St. Peter Street by 150' of depth, purchased by Mr. Cavelier at a public sale of goods belonging to the Succession of Baptiste Pomet, as will be more fully explained by transaction before Pierre Pedesclaux, February 12, 1791. Mme. Poree purchased this land from Antoine Cavelier in 1818. Note: The complete chain of title for this property is given in Lot No. 18671, or present-day 716-720 St. Peter Street.

Tuesday, March 24th 1818

Record Source Original Act
Volume 14
Page 162
Authority M. de Armas ( Notary )
Authority Date Tuesday, March 24th 1818
Record Type [sale?]

"...the said site adjoining the property of Messrs. Renaud and Garic on one side and on the other side by Labatut and a portion of the property which Mr. Antoine Cavelier sold to his son, Mr. Zenon Cavelier, the act for which is going to be passed today..." Sketch defining lots and tracing ownership of property, with emphasis on the Cavelier land, from 609-611 Royal to the St. Peter Street corner, dated March 24, 1818, annexed to this act.

Monday, December 18th 1780

Record Source Plan Book
Volume 2
Page 888
Authority L. Mazange ( Notary )
Record Type [sale?]

Undivided half interest. Bounded on one side by the property and house of Mr. St. Martin and on the other by the house of Manon, f.w.c. Buildings and improvements described as a house built of brick between posts measuring 45' front by 28' deep, situated on a lot measuring 45' by 120' deep, F.M.

Monday, April 14th 1777

Record Source Original Act
Volume 8
Page 165
Authority Jean Baptiste Garic ( Notary )
Authority Date Monday, April 14th 1777
Record Type [sale?]

"...a house he owns in this city situated on Royal Street, measuring 45' front by 28' deep with a store (or shop) on one side, constructed of brick between posts, on a lot of ground 120' deep more or less, bounded on one side by Mr. St. Martin and on the other side by a free negress named Manon, which said property belongs to the said vendor... from his father Enrique Roche..."

Thursday, February 15th 1770

Record Source Unknown
Authority Jean Baptiste Garic ( Notary )
Record Type [sale?]

Act missing. From his father.

Monday, January 1st 1731

Record Source Map
Authority Gonichon Map ( Map )
Record Type vacant

Unassigned.

Thursday, January 1st 1728

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

Lot No. 142 granted to Sieur Manard.

Thursday, January 1st 1722

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

Lot No. 190 granted to Sieur Manard and Pierre Poumit, soldiers. Marginal note: "To Andre Bertaut."

Citations

History of 629 Royal Street
Erected: c. 1789
Architect: unknown
Builder: unknown
In 1777 Antoine Cavelier and Joseph Montegut each acquired an undivided one-half interest in a lot having 45 feet more or less front on Royal Street by 120 feet deep, F.M., which equals the 50 foot frontage by 127 foot depth of the principal portion of this lot today. There was on the lot at that time a shop 45 foot frontage by 28 foot depth, constructed of bricks between studs. The price was 800 pesos Mexican. In 1780, Cavelier acquired Montegut's half for 600 pesos.
On March 24, 1818, Cavelier sold the property to Louise Foucher, widow of Thomas Poree. In this sale was included the property now known as 633 Royal Street, together with some additional land in the rear of the lot, for the sum of $20,000. Buildings are described as "houses, circumstances and dependencies."
The same property reverted to the Cavelier family in 1834, for the sum of $26,500 piastres, and in this act the buildings are said to be of brick.
In Governor Carondelet's report of the great fire of 1794, he writes: "...We managed to stop the fire when it had reached the bank of the parochial church and the business house of Don Antonio Cavelier, which was almost in front of the house where it started."
All buildings in this area were completely destroyed by the great fire of 1788. Cavelier's place of business survived the fire of 1794. The present building, which is brick, as stated in the act of 1834, was certainly built between 1788 and 1794. It is probable that, to avoid a break in the conduct of business, Cavelier rebuilt shortly after the fire. So we can say that the present building was erected about 1789, by Antoine Cavelier.

— VCS Binder
Author: VCS staff

Making the Scene in 'PRO'

— Dixie (Times-Picayune)
Author: Ida D. Jeffries Date: Sunday, May 18th 1969