Square: 61 Lot Number: 18647
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.
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| Portion of Building | Main |
| Material | Masonry |
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Brown
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| Portion of Building | Courtyard additions |
| Material | Wood |
| Note | assumed bldg. material |
| Frontage | 50′ 0″ 0‴ |
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| 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‴ |
| Record Source | COB |
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| Volume | 607 |
| Page | 243 |
| Authority | F. W. Gaudin ( Notary ) |
| Record Type | [sale?] |
| Record Source | COB |
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| Volume | 600 |
| Page | 683 |
| CDC# | 333438 |
| Authority | Civil District Court ( Court ) |
| Record Type | succession |
| Record Source | COB |
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| Volume | 578 |
| Page | 580 |
| CDC# | 311829 |
| Authority | Civil District Court ( Court ) |
| Record Type | succession |
Inherited.
| Record Source | COB |
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| 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."
| Record Source | COB |
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| Volume | 444 |
| Page | 471 |
| Authority | Civil District Court ( Court ) |
| Record Type | succession |
| Record Source | Original Act |
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| 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.
| Record Source | COB |
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| Volume | 166 |
| Page | 584 |
| Authority | J. Meunier ( Notary ) |
| Record Type | [sale?] |
Lot measuring 64' 3" 5''' front on Royal.
| Record Source | COB |
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| Volume | 157 |
| Page | 385 |
| Authority | W. M. Gurley ( Notary ) |
| Record Type | [sale?] |
| Record Source | COB |
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| Volume | 143 |
| Page | 259 |
| CDC# | 36353 |
| Authority | Civil District Court ( Court ) |
| Record Type | succession |
From the Succession of her brother. Half interest.
| Record Source | COB |
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| Volume | 105 |
| Page | 937 |
| CDC# | 38204 |
| Authority | Civil District Court ( Court ) |
| Record Type | succession |
From the succession of her mother.
| Record Source | COB |
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| Volume | 87 |
| Page | 238 |
| Authority | A. Ducatel ( Notary ) |
| Record Type | [sale?] |
Original Act: 82/358.
| Record Source | COB |
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| Volume | 58 |
| Page | 390 |
| Authority | Denis Prieur ( Notary ) |
| Record Type | [sale?] |
Original Act: 0/114.
| Record Source | COB |
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| Volume | 52 |
| Page | 639 |
| Authority | A. Chiapella ( Notary ) |
| Record Type | succession |
Original Act: 23/402.
| Record Source | Plan Book |
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| 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?]
| Record Source | Original Act |
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| Volume | 35 |
| Page | 138 |
| Authority | ( Notary ) |
| Authority Date | Tuesday, February 11th 1834 |
| Record Type | [sale?] |
| Record Source | Plan Book |
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| Volume | 14 |
| Page | 6 |
| Authority | P & J Properties ( ) |
| Record Type | plan |
"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.
| Record Source | Court |
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| 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.
| Record Source | Original Act |
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| 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.
| Record Source | Plan Book |
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| 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.
| Record Source | Original Act |
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| 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..."
| Record Source | Unknown |
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| Authority | Jean Baptiste Garic ( Notary ) |
| Record Type | [sale?] |
Act missing. From his father.
| Record Source | Map |
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| Authority | Gonichon Map ( Map ) |
| Record Type | vacant |
Unassigned.
| Record Source | Map |
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| Authority | Broutin Map ( Map ) |
| Record Type | land grant |
Lot No. 142 granted to Sieur Manard.
| Record Source | Map |
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| 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."
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.
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— Dixie (Times-Picayune)