Main Altar in St. Louis Cathedral, circa 1930s

ID: 1970

This file appears in: Battle of New Orleans: St. Louis Cathedral

State Library of Louisiana

This file appears in: Battle of New Orleans: St. Louis Cathedral

Battle of New Orleans: St. Louis Cathedral

By Mary Ann Wegmann, Louisiana State Museum & University of New Orleans History Department

Facing Jackson Square and the Mississippi River, the Cathedral-Basilica of St. Louis, King of France, is the oldest Catholic cathedral in continual use in the United States. With its three steeples,…