Anonymous
1840

Scarce antique map of New Orleans Tenth Ward or the City of Lafayette

Plan of the City of Lafayette

DESCRIPTION: Unrecorded version of an early wood-cut map of New Orlean's Tenth Ward circa 1840 when it was known as Lafayette City. Earlier, during the French period New Orlean's Tenth Ward was known as the Faubourg Lafayette. Boundaries of Lafayette City include the Mississippi River, Felicity Street, Nayades Street (later known as St. Charles Avenue), and a large tract owned by R. A. Delachaise. Shows the New Orleans and Carrollton Railroad connecting the city of New Orleans to then then distant resort village of Carrollton.

Possibly by L. Hirt, and derived or re-purposed from his larger work. This map appears as a vignette in L. Hirt's 1841 " Plan of New Orleans with Perspective and Geometrical Views of the Principal Buildings of the City" from The Historic New Orleans Collection. The present map shows signs of being disbound from a smaller volume. Scale: 3 inches to the mile. Louisiana History.

Faubourg Lafayette was founded with small settlements around steamboat landings in New Orleans. The faubourg became the City of Lafayette, then part of Jefferson Parish and its first parish seat. Lafayette was a separate municipality until it was incorporated into New Orleans, Orleans Parish, in 1852. The present boundaries of the Tenth Ward include St. Charles Avenue, Jackson Avenue, the Pontchartrain Expressway, and Simon Bolivar Avenue. (Source.)

CREATOR: Anonymous

PUBLICATION DATE: 1840

GEOGRAPHIC AREA: United States

BODY OF WATER: Lake Pontchartrain

CONDITION: Fair.  Solid with a bit of foxing and smudging prominent on verso. Wide margins with a repaired marginal tear outside the image. Light impression.

COLORING: None

ENGRAVER: 

SIZE: 5 " x 3 "

ITEM PHYSICAL LOCATION: 3

PRICE: $250

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