537-539 Burgundy St.

Square: 99 Lot Number: 18983

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Vieux Carré Commission Evaluation:

No change -- green. Photos from the 1940s show this c. 1830-35 masonry double Creole cottage and detached service building with wooden siding before it was unfortunately stripped and the brick-between-posts left exposed.

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

Dimensions

Frontage 33′ 2″ 0‴
2 89′ 1″ 4‴
3 33′ 2″ 0‴
4 89′ 1″ 4‴

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Thursday, September 16th 1993

Record Source COB
N.A.#
Authority Cris R. Jackson ( Notary )
Authority Date Friday, September 17th 1993
Record Type sale
Price $350000.00

Sale of "that portion of ground, together with all the buildings and improvements thereon...measuri[ing] 33 feet 2 inches front on Burgundy Street by 89 feet 1inch 4 lines in depth...and commences 33 feet, 0 inches, 4 lines from the corner of Burgundy and Toulouse streets."

Thursday, December 4th 1980

Record Source COB
Volume 772
Page 136
N.A.# 393415
Authority Russell J. Nunez Jr. ( Notary )
Record Type resale
Price $220000.00

Resale. Lot 2. Lot commences 33' 0" 4''' from the corner of Burgundy and Toulouse Sts., measuring 33' 2" front on Burgundy St. by 89' 1" 4''' in depth. Subject to encroachments as on plan by Gilbert, Kelly and Couturie Inc., Nov. 11, 1980.

Thursday, December 4th 1980

Record Source COB
Volume 772
Page 136
N.A.# 393414
Authority Russell J. Nunez Jr. ( Notary )
Record Type sale
Price $220000.00

Lot 2.

Friday, November 24th 1978

Record Source COB
Volume 754
Page 424
N.A.# 310593
Authority Cary M. Davis ( Notary )
Record Type sale
Price $150000.00

Sale for $150,000, plus Vendor's lien of $52,000.

Friday, May 9th 1969

Record Source COB
Volume 691
Page 271
Authority Omer F. Kuebel Jr. ( Notary )
Record Type sale
Price $65000.00

Sale for $65,000, cash $13,000, balance terms. Subject to encroachments.

Thursday, April 7th 1955

Record Source COB
Volume 598
Page 582
Authority Sydney J. Parlongue ( Notary )
Record Type sale
Price $7500.00

Thursday, May 7th 1953

Record Source COB
Volume 589
Page 252
Authority Sydney J. Parlongue ( Notary )
Record Type sale
Price $3000.00

Sale for $3000, cash $4500, terms.

Wednesday, September 1st 1937

Record Source COB
Volume 493
Page 598
CDC# 222-358
Authority Civil District Court ( Court )
Record Type succession

Civil District Court, Division E, Docket 1. Judgment of Succession. With usufruct of Lot 2 to Mrs. Edna Rousset.

Monday, July 30th 1934

Record Source COB
Volume 479
Page 235
Authority E. Pomes ( Notary )
Record Type partition

Partition of property between Heirs of Mrs. Eugenie St. Blancat, widow of Paul Rousset. Lot 2 among other properties.

Saturday, July 21st 1934

Record Source COB
Volume 476
Page 300
CDC# 207-117
Authority Civil District Court ( Court )
Record Type succession

Civil District Court, Division A, Docket 1. Mrs. Paul Rousset died intestate. (Mrs. Louise Rousset, wife of Leon Barousse, died June 3, 1903, leaving as her sole heir, Mrs. Olga Barousse Dabezies.) 41 properties. An undivided 1/4 each.

Tuesday, May 21st 1918

Record Source COB
Volume 295
Page 449
CDC# 114279
Authority Civil District Court ( Court )
Record Type succession

Civil District Court, Division A, Docket 1. The last 3 heirs are put in possession in the proportion of 1/4 each of the 1/2 with usufruct to the surviving widow. 52 properties involved. Paul Rousset died intestate. Property appraised at $750.

Friday, August 2nd 1901

Record Source COB
Volume 179
Page 588
CDC# 6200
Authority Civil District Court ( Court )
Record Type seizure; sale
Price $1220.00

Agent / Single Party Act / Other:

L. E. Rabouin

Act of Seizure and Sale. Sale for $1220 cash. L. E. Rabouin vs. Mrs. Mathilda Schadeli, wife of/and Ernest Stolz.

Saturday, June 4th 1898

Record Source COB
Volume 168
Page 539
Authority George M. Barnett ( Notary )
Record Type sale
Price $800.00

5 properties, including Lot 2.

Friday, May 20th 1898

Record Source COB
Volume 170
Page 502
Court# 56320
Authority Civil District Court ( Court )
Record Type succession

Civil District Court, Division B.

Friday, October 11th 1889

Record Source COB
Volume 132
Page 36
CDC# 27899D
Authority Civil District Court ( Court )
Record Type succession

With usufruct to their mother.

Saturday, August 14th 1886

Record Source COB
Volume 126
Page 203
Authority C. J. Theard ( Notary )
Record Type sale
Price $2250.00

Wednesday, July 25th 1883

Record Source COB
Volume 120
Page 280
Authority Amedee Ducatel ( Notary )
Record Type sale
Price $1500.00

Succession of J. Paul Lieutaud in the names of Mrs. Claire Joseph Apollonie Lieutaud, wife of lawful age of Gaspart Charles Sara, Tereze Louise Sara, wife of Joseph Francois Bonnefoi, Joseph Francois Bonnefoi, legal administrator of the property of his minor daughter, Claire Josephine Bonnefor.

Tuesday, March 22nd 1859

Record Source COB
Volume 76
Page 550
Authority Pierre C. Cuvellier ( Notary )
Record Type sale
Price $4150.00

Original Act: 10/60. Lot 2 on plan by J. Communy, Oct. 3, 1842, deposited under No. 15 in the office of C. Boudousquie. Lot measures 33' 2" front on Burgundy St., 89' 1" 4''' in depth b.e.p.l. Property divided into 2 tenements (apartments), both leased.

Thursday, May 27th 1852

Record Source COB
Volume 57
Page 631
Authority Amedee Ducatel ( Notary )
Record Type sale
Price $4500.00
Currency Piastres

Original Act: 55/258.

Wednesday, April 23rd 1851

Record Source COB
Volume 54
Page 569
Authority Amedee Ducatel ( Notary )
Record Type sale
Price $4500.00
Currency Piastres

Original Act: 49/21.

Wednesday, August 23rd 1848

Record Source COB
Volume 46
Page 97
Authority T. Guyol ( Notary )
Record Type sale
Price $3000.00
Currency Piastres

Saturday, October 22nd 1842

Record Source COB
Volume 34
Page 184
Authority C. Boudousquie ( Notary )
Record Type sale
Price $3000.00
Currency Piastres

Lot 2. Houses of brick.

Saturday, August 19th 1809

Record Source Original Act
Volume 66
Page 16
Authority Narcisse Broutin ( Notary )
Authority Date Saturday, August 19th 1809
Record Type sale
Price $2200.00
Currency Piastres

Lot measures 60' front on Burgundy St. With buildings.

Wednesday, August 19th 1807

Record Source Unknown
Record Type succession

Property not found in the Succession at Library.

Citations

"SOLD FOR $65,000. 539 Burgundy in Vieux Carre has been sold to Dr. Franklin R. Hayden by Miss Edith L. Fathorn et als through Mrs. F. Blackshear and Edward L. Bond with Blackshear and Kornhaus, Inc. Two-story building in rear is included."

— Times-Picayune
Date: Sunday, June 1st 1969

"FRENCH QUARTER: This home at 537-39 Burgundy St., right, was sold by Anita and Rene T. Fowler to Beverly and John Linton Muraglia for $350,000."

— Real Estate Transfers (Times-Picayune)
Date: Saturday, October 2nd 1993