1234-1240 Chartres St.

[Advertisement annexed to Sheriff's Sale]

"The Charbonnet PROPERTY...comprising a large and substantially built two-story and attick [sic] BRICK MANSION with large double front galleries and having hall, parlor, dining and two bedrooms, kitchen and other apartments on the lower floor, hall, six rooms on the second story and six apartments above. The dwelling is built about 100 feet from the front on Chartres Street, which ground intervening has been planted as an ornamental garden. The property is in good repair and surrounded by a highly respectable neighborhood and is easily accessible to Churches, schools, amusements and markets. With additional improvements on Chartres Street, the property can be made to yield a very remunerative income."

"A remnant of these most ancient military quarters, at the intersection of Chartres and Barracks Streets, is still one of the salient features of the neighborhood, having first been converted into a private dwelling house, the erstwhile family residence of the Charbonnet family, afterward the domicile of a Catholic seminary, and lately the scene of a terrible Sicilian vendetta."

"Yesterday afternoon a new macaroni manufactory, the largest in the United States, was opened at the corner of Chartres and Barracks Streets...[the] three story brick building constructed for the purpose is the property of J. Cusimano...the building is 164 feet long by 64 feet in width and is equipped with the most modern and labor saving devices for the manufacture of macaroni. The first floor is devoted entirely to the manufacture of macaroni...the third floor is used for drying, and the second for packing...about 30 men are employed....Yesterday a large number of guests had been invited...a brass band was in attendance...the galleries surrounding the building were decorated with American and Italian flags and bunting...the banquet was spread on the second floor...The building as well as the machinery, etc. was erected under the supervision of Mr. Robert Palestine, an architect and engineer who received his training in Europe...Mr. Cusimano came to New Orleans as a small boy about 22 years ago."

"THIS IS A DRAWING OF the proposed apartment hotel at 1228-49 Chartres which is under study by the Vieux Carre Commission. To be known as Le Richelieu, the building would be located on land now occupied by a furniture firm, a two-story residence and a garage. The architect is Leonard R. Spangenberg Jr."

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Letter to the Editor:

"As a former owner of the property at 1228 Chartres, we have heard with consternation about plans to build the Richelieu Hotel on land formerly occupied by a furniture factory at Barracks and Chartres..."

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"What Is Proposed for Chartres at Barracks and What is There:

UPPER ARCHITECTURAL DRAWING shows Le Richelieu, proposed apartment hotel on Chartres, corner Barracks..."

"Le Richelieu Big Venture:
New Look for Whole Square:

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Among most ambitious restorations in the old French Quarter is Le Richelieu Square, a $10 million overhauling of some 20 buildings..."

"New Orleans Hotel to Be Largest In US:

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The steel skeleton of a new skyscraper reached its 34th story recently and became the tallest structure in New Orleans, but not for long..."

"Sale by Civil Sheriff
Judicial Advertisement
Le Richelieu Apartment Hotel
Bearing Municipal No. 1234 Chartres Street, this City. In the matter entitle: The Meadow Brook National Bank versus Gulf South Realty Corporation... "

"Le Richelieu Hotel on Chartres Publicly Auctioned for $600,000:

Le Richelieu Hotel at Chartres and Barracks, a creation of bankrupt real estate promoter Sam J. Recile, was sold at public auction Thursday for $600,000..."

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"WHAT memories a century makes.

It was 100 years ago that St. Aloysius Academy (as it was listed in the 1870 city directory) opened its doors for the first time.

The faculty of three - Brothers of the Sacred Heart who had been invited by Archbishop J. M. Odin to open a school here... "

"...Gerald Senner, Frank Rochefort Jr. and John Santopadre who took over Le Richelieu Hotel via the ill-starred business ventures of Sam Recile, plan a gala formal opening of same today, 6 to 8 p.m...."

"POTPOURRI - Contractor Jay Hotard was a nostalgic guest at the formal opening of the renovated Le Richelieu Hotel in the Quarter, hosted by new owners Gerald Senner, Frank Rochefort Jr. and John Santopadre; it was he who converted the building into a hotel for Sam Recile before it went into receivership; and, incidentally, Jay just completed work on their remodeled interior of Maison de Ville."