721-725 Bourbon St.

801-807 Orleans St.

Square: 74 Lot Number: 18762

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Vieux Carré Commission Evaluation:

No change: green. This c. 1855 corner 2-story Greek Revival building, which historically housed a drug store known as the "French Pharmacy" has a fine arcaded cast iron gallery and an attached 2-story service building. The ground floor openings were reworked in the 20th century.

Green
Portion of Building Service building (attached)
Material Masonry
Green
Portion of Building Main
Material Masonry

Dimensions

Frontage 34′ 10″ 3‴
2 79′ 9″ 0‴
3 34′ 10″ 3‴
4 79′ 9″ 0‴

Chain of Title

Last Updated: Monday, August 16th 1982
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Saturday, September 28th 1991

Record Source Newspaper
Page 19
Authority Times-Picayune ( Newspaper )
Record Type sale
Price $1050000.00

Bourbon St. 721 and 727-29.

Thursday, November 16th 1967

Record Source COB
Volume 679
Page 192
CDC# 434-003
Authority Bernard J. Capella ( Notary )
Record Type auction sale
Price $167300.00

J. Gibson Tucker, Jr., N.P., Inventory. Sale of real estate in Judicial Partition at Auction. Sale for $167,300 cash. Three lots, including corner lot measuring 34' 10" 3''' front on Bourbon St. by 79' 9" front on Orleans St.

Thursday, June 8th 1967

Record Source COB
Volume 681
Page 62
CDC# 408-639
Authority Civil District Court ( Court )
Record Type succession

Lot appraised at $40,500. As forced heirs receive 1/5 each of 2/3. Eva Joseph Covington as legatee of Palmyra Gilmore Joseph receives an undivided 1/3.

Friday, July 13th 1917

Record Source COB
Volume 288
Page 445
Authority A. Williams ( Notary )
Record Type [sale?]

Monday, July 10th 1916

Record Source COB
Volume 286
Page 242
Authority B. Bruenn ( Notary )
Record Type [sale?]

Monday, August 3rd 1908

Record Source COB
Volume 219
Page 75
Authority S. E. Beer ( Notary )
Record Type [sale?]

Monday, April 20th 1908

Record Source COB
Volume 215
Page 606
CDC# 85,839
Authority Civil District Court ( Court )
Record Type succession

Inherited.

Saturday, September 10th 1892

Record Source COB
Volume 145
Page 365
Authority J. H. Forcelle Sr. ( Notary )
Record Type [sale?]

Tuesday, November 30th 1880

Record Source COB
Volume 115
Page 88
Authority A. Dreyfous ( Notary )
Record Type [sale?]

Other transaction: COB 115/88.

Thursday, April 4th 1878

Record Source COB
Volume 110
Page 443
Authority A. Dreyfous ( Notary )
Record Type [sale?]

Wednesday, June 20th 1860

Record Source COB
Volume 84
Page 305
Authority A. Ducatel ( Notary )
Record Type [sale?]

Saturday, March 31st 1860

Record Source COB
Volume 82
Page 112
Authority A. Ducatel ( Notary )
Record Type [sale?]

"Lot of ground with two-story brick house with front and rear verandahs. A plan of E. Surgi & A. Persac, dated January 28, 1860 shows the present house, also a part of 727, 729 & 733 Orleans Street, present-day Lots No. 18780; Lot No. 18779 (Plan Book 46 page 30). Plan shows present house occupied by a "Pharmacie Francaise" (French Pharmacy) and rented to Ramon Vionnet."

Wednesday, December 1st 1858

Record Source Original Act
Volume 5
Page 199
Authority Edward Gottschalk ( Notary )
Authority Date Wednesday, December 1st 1858
Record Type lease

Agent / Single Party Act / Other:

Pelanne Brothers

Dec.-Jan. 1858, Original Act: 5/199. Pelanne Brothers lease building at Bourbon and Orleans - erected about three years ago.

Monday, February 12th 1855

Record Source COB
Volume 64
Page 651
Authority A. Chiapella ( Notary )
Record Type [sale?]

Tuesday, April 18th 1854

Record Source COB
Volume 64
Page 19
Authority A. Ducatel ( Notary )
Record Type [sale?]

Friday, January 31st 1851

Record Source Unknown
Authority A. Ducatel ( Notary )
Record Type [sale?]

Tuesday, December 5th 1837

Record Source Unknown
Authority L. Feraud ( Notary )
Record Type inventory

Agent / Single Party Act / Other:

Victoire Marcos Tio

Inventory of the goods of Victoire Marcus Tio. In the inventory, the following property is listed: "A property forming the corner of Bourbon and Orleans streets, having 80' front on Orleans Street by 69' 6" upon which there is a house, bricked between posts, in a very bad state, and a brick house and other dependencies, of which the seventh belongs to the said late Victoire Tio and had been estimated at $1,500."

Saturday, March 18th 1837

Record Source Unknown
Authority L. Feraud ( Notary )
Record Type will

Last Will and Testament of Victoire Marcos Tio bequeaths one-third of all her goods to her mother Victoire Wiltz, and names Louise and Rosella Coussy as her universal heirs of the whole surplus of goods, for equal parts.

Tuesday, January 16th 1827

Record Source Unknown
Authority Christoval de Armas ( Notary )
Record Type [sale?]

To:

Victoire Wiltz (f.w.c)

From:

Jean Marcos Tio (f.m.c)

Friday, February 17th 1826

Record Source Unknown
Authority Christoval de Armas ( Notary )
Record Type [sale?]

To:

Victoire Wiltz (f.w.c)

From:

Louis Tio (f.m.c)

Friday, December 12th 1823

Record Source Unknown
Authority Christoval de Armas ( Notary )
Record Type [sale?]

Victoire Wiltz, f.w.c. Administratrix for her seven natural children from Deliverance of Legacy by Francisco Tio, Testamentary Executor.

Sunday, May 19th 1822

Record Source Unknown
Authority Christoval de Armas ( Notary )
Record Type will

Last Testament of Marcos Tio bequeaths to his seven natural children (by Victoria Wiltz), all free people of color, the house…

Tuesday, May 28th 1805

Record Source Unknown
Authority Pierre Pedesclaux ( Notary )
Record Type auction sale

Monday, October 17th 1803

Record Source Unknown
Authority Pierre Pedesclaux ( Notary )
Record Type [sale?]

Wednesday, October 6th 1802

Record Source Unknown
Authority Pierre Pedesclaux ( Notary )
Record Type [sale?]

Citations

"AUCTION... 721-25-29-33 BOURBON STREET... IN THE MATTER OF SUCCESSION OF MRS. PALMYRA GILMORE JOSEPH VERSUS BETROUS G. JOSEPH, ET AL... "

— States-Item
Author: Charles C. Deano, Auctioneer Date: Wednesday, June 7th 1967