Square: 71 Lot Number: 18699-01
No change -- brown. Multi-story hotel structure built in 1965 on the site of the French Opera House for use as the Downtowner Hotel.
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Brown
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| Portion of Building | Main |
| Material | Masonry |
| Note | assumed bldg. material; and/or "Frame special"? |
| Frontage | 193′ 5″ 0‴ |
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| 2 | 191′ 5″ 4‴ |
| 3 | 193′ 7″ 3‴ |
| 4 | 191′ 4″ 2‴ |
| Record Source | COB |
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| Volume | 657 |
| Page | 592 |
| Authority | J. A. Smith Jr. ( Notary ) |
| Record Type | exchange |
[This large lot was acquired in five portions known as A, B, C, D and E. See separate chains of title for individual properties forming this site.] Act of Exchange. Letter X on survey by Adloe Orr, dated January 31, 1963.
| Record Source | COB |
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| Volume | 287 |
| Page | 169 |
| CDC# | 114015 |
| Authority | F. J. Puig ( Notary ) |
| Record Type | public sale |
Tulane Education Fund from Receivers of French Opera House Association, Ltd. In suit of "G. Pitard's Sons vs. French Opera House Association, Ltd." Public sale. Included all furniture, furnishings, scenery, decorations, and moveables of every kind.
| Record Source | Newspaper |
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| Volume | 4 |
| Page | 5 |
| Authority | Times-Picayune ( Newspaper ) |
| Record Type | auction sale |
French Opera House bought by William Ratcliffe Irby. Public auction.
| Record Source | COB |
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| Volume | 129 |
| Page | 730 |
| Authority | J. Bendernagel ( Notary ) |
| Record Type | [sale?] |
Original Act: 25/137.
| Record Source | COB |
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| Volume | 101 |
| Page | 759 |
| Authority | Pierre C. Cuvellier ( Notary ) |
| Record Type | [sale?] |
Original Act: 31/201.
| Record Source | COB |
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| Volume | 105 |
| Page | 24 |
| Court# | 4386 |
| Authority | 6th District Court ( Court ) |
| Record Type | [sale?] |
From Sheriff in suit of "Liquidating Commissioners of the Opera House Association vs. Henry Bezou, Liquidator, and Delta Insurance Company."
| Record Source | COB |
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| Volume | 97 |
| Page | 97 |
| Authority | Pierre C. Cuvellier ( Notary ) |
| Record Type | [sale?] |
Original Act: 23/183. Part interest.
| Record Source | COB |
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| Volume | 91 |
| Page | 100 |
| Authority | S. Magner ( Notary ) |
| Record Type | [sale?] |
Part interest. Other transactions: A. Boudousquie, 0/123, March 8, 1866; E. G. Gottschalk, 15/156, March 10, 1866; E. G. Gottschalk, 15/19, January 11, 1866; COB 89/386, January 11, 1866.
| Record Source | Original Act |
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| Volume | 13 |
| Page | 94 |
| Authority | E. G. Gottschalk ( Notary ) |
| Authority Date | Sunday, January 1st 1865 |
| Record Type | lease |
Lease of French Opera House to G. Ortermann
| Record Source | COB |
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| Volume | 88 |
| Page | 278 |
| Court# | 11071 |
| Authority | 6th District Court ( Court ) |
| Record Type | [sale?] |
Louisiana State Mutual Insurance Company, et al. from Sheriff in suit of "Union Insurance Company, et al. vs. New Orleans Opera House Company."
| Record Source | MOB |
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| Volume | 73 |
| Page | 477 |
| Authority | A. Boudousquie ( Notary ) |
| Record Type | mortgage |
Original Act: 3112/149. Mortgage to Louis F. Generes by New Orleans Opera House Association for $80,000. Lot "with the buildings now in progress of erection on the said portion of ground, intended for an Opera House and its dependencies, and all and singular the furniture, decorations, scenery, ward-robes, library and other accessories of the said Opera House complete."
| Record Source | COB |
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| Volume | 73 |
| Page | 421 |
| Authority | A. Boudousquie ( Notary ) |
| Record Type | building contract |
Original Act: 3112/105. Gallier and Easterbrook with the New Orleans Opera House Company "to erect or cause to be erected and completely finished a New Opera House--at the corner of Bourbon and Toulouse streets, in accordance with the plans and elevations made by the said Gallier and Easterbrook... and also in conformity with the following specifications: Old Materials -- The old frame buildings which now occupy the ground having been sold and cleared off, (with the exception of the old bricks forming the chimney shafts and dwarf walls) and the brick kitchen, and the brick dwelling on Toulouse Street having been torn down, the old bricks shall be cleaned and stacked up in the street to be used again in the new building... " Total Cost, including 10% commssion to the architect-builders was not to exceed $118,500.
| Record Source | COB |
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| Volume | 77 |
| Page | 596 |
| Authority | A. Boudousquie ( Notary ) |
| Record Type | [sale?] |
Lot "A" Bourbon Street corner of Toulouse Street. Original Act: 3112/75.
| Record Source | Original Act |
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| Volume | 3112 |
| Page | 74 |
| Authority | A. Boudousquie ( Notary ) |
| Authority Date | Thursday, March 24th 1859 |
| Record Type | [sale?] |
Bourbon Street Lot "C" French Opera House site.
| Record Source | Original Act |
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| Volume | 3112 |
| Page | 71 |
| Authority | A. Boudousquie ( Notary ) |
| Authority Date | Wednesday, March 23rd 1859 |
| Record Type | [sale?] |
Bourbon Street Lot "E" French Opera House site.
| Record Source | Original Act |
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| Volume | 3112 |
| Page | 72 |
| Authority | A. Boudousquie ( Notary ) |
| Authority Date | Wednesday, March 23rd 1859 |
| Record Type | [sale?] |
Bourbon Street Lot "D" French Opera House site.
| Record Source | Original Act |
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| Volume | 3112 |
| Page | 73 |
| Authority | A. Boudousquie ( Notary ) |
| Authority Date | Wednesday, March 23rd 1859 |
| Record Type | [sale?] |
Bourbon Street Lot "B" French Opera House site.
| Record Source | Court |
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| Court# | 11043 |
| Authority | 2nd District Court ( Court ) |
| Record Type | succession |
Lot "A" Bourbon Street corner of Toulouse Street. Inherited from his sister. Undivided half interest.
| Record Source | Court |
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| Authority | Probate Court ( Court ) |
| Record Type | will |
Lot "A" Bourbon Street corner of Toulouse Street.
| Record Source | Original Act |
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| Volume | 35 |
| Page | 247 |
| Authority | T. Guyol ( Notary ) |
| Authority Date | Monday, April 7th 1856 |
| Record Type | [sale?] |
Bourbon Street Lot "B" French Opera House site.
| Record Source | Original Act |
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| Volume | 40 |
| Page | 556 |
| Authority | A. Chiapella ( Notary ) |
| Authority Date | Saturday, October 6th 1855 |
| Record Type | [sale?] |
Bourbon Street Lot "D" French Opera House site.
| Record Source | Unknown |
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| Authority | T. Guyol ( Notary ) |
| Record Type | [sale?] |
Lot "A" Bourbon Street corner of Toulouse Street. Undivided half interest.
| Record Source | Original Act |
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| Volume | 19 |
| Page | 451 |
| Authority | T. Guyol ( Notary ) |
| Authority Date | Wednesday, February 5th 1851 |
| Record Type | [sale?] |
Lot "A" Bourbon Street corner of Toulouse Street. From Heirs of his mother, Mme. Anne Marie Filiosa, widow of Francis Xavier Albert Grima.
| Record Source | Court |
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| Court# | 3855 |
| Authority | 2nd District Court ( Court ) |
| Record Type | succession |
Lot "A" Bourbon Street corner of Toulouse Street. Born in New Orleans January 23, 1754. Died in New Orleans October 15, 1850 at residence of Felix Grima, St. Louis Street (820).
| Record Source | Original Act |
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| Volume | 18 |
| Page | 442 |
| Authority | A. Chiapella ( Notary ) |
| Authority Date | Saturday, September 29th 1849 |
| Record Type | [sale?] |
Bourbon Street Lot "D" French Opera House site.
"Le Downtowner du Vieux Carre."
— Brochure
Postcard of The Downtowner Hotel.
[conceptual drawing]
The Downtowner Motor Inn.
[actual photograph]
"For sale--the house No. 30 Bourbon Street south, on a ground of 60' front and 120' in depth; it is divided into six apartments (rooms), with a piazza, at the end of which are two small bedrooms. There is under said house a good cellar, divided into two parts, in the yard two kitchens, etc. The front part of the house is now occupied by a shoemaker.
If said house is not privately sold by the 14th of December, next, it will on that day be sold at the Exchange, by Messrs. Patton and Mossy. Apply to Jean B. Meilleur."
Vol. 1, p.3, c.4
Don Michel Zeringue died at the age of 48.
— St. Louis Cemetery No. 1
Building contract
Between Gallier & Easterbook and the New Orleans Opera House Company.
A. Boudousquié
"Invited Mr. Roy to go with me to the New Opera House, now hastening to completion--went over it and were sorry to remark the usual effect of hasty building--evidence of unequal subsidence--bad brickwork--immense mortar joints--cracks everywhere--and the construction, though bad, was no worse than the design and details of exterior, which are simply abominable."
— Diary of T. K. Wharton, p. 207"Visited new Opera House with Messrs. Roy and Thiel--interior ornamentation chaste, simple, and tasteful; far better than the construction, which has been too hasty. The work is now nearly complete."
— Diary of T. K. Wharton, p. 225" ...[t]he French Opera in preparation for the opening of the 1869-70 season... Upon the outside the building, with its fresh coat of whitewash, glimmers like a monster ghost in the moonlight... "
— Daily Picayune"A grand staircase is being built at the French Opera House for the use of the box holders of the Bal de L'Opera, which takes place Wednesday February 11. Maskers can go direct to their boxes and witness the carnival without going on the ball floor if they so desire... "
— Daily States
"Favrot and Livaudais... The firm is also in charge of the remodeling of the French Opera House, where the interior is being made over and additional exists added at a cost of about $12,000... "
4th sect/p.12
French Opera House destroyed by fire.
— Newspaper articleGround Broken For $3 Million Quarter Motel
— States-Item
French Quarter Moter-Hotel Is Started
Winthrop Rockefeller Here for Building Event
"THE DOWNTOWNER, at Bourbon and Toulouse, the site of the old opera house, is being developed by Baldwin Equities Corp., headed by Robert R. Baumgarten of Houston. The operation will be a joint venture of Winthrop Rockefeller and The Downtowner Corp., headed by Luther F. Matthews of Memphis, Tenn."
— Times-PicayuneQuarter Unit Ok's Projects
— Times-PicayuneAd for "The Beef'n Bourbon" restaurant at the Downtowner Motor Inn.
— Vieux Carre CourierHalf Interest in Inn Bought
— Times-Picayune" ...dinner à deux, or entertaining for several friends, you'll be proud of the unparalleled service and excellent food proffered your guests when you choose The Beef 'N Bourbon, main dining room at the Downtowner Motor Inn, Bourbon at Toulouse, in the heart of the Vieux Carré... Table d'hôte dinners from $4.50. Buffet Luncheons 11 A.M.- 3 P.M. $1.95. 2-hour Free Hotel Parking for Luncheon and Dinner Guests. The entertainment is continuous, unpredictable, unforgettable. The Downtowner Motor Inn, at the corner of Bourbon and Toulouse, in the heart of the Vieux Carre."
— Dixie (Times-Picayune)French Opera House history.
— Transit Riders' Digest (NOPL)N.Y. Firm Buys Downtowner
— Times-Picayune
Quarter Hotel purchased for $8.7 million
Renovation begins at Quality Inn
Pictures from the Past: French Opera House
— Dixie (Times-Picayune)French Opera House: a palace for Carnival royalty
— Times-Picayune