A 1940 image of St. Louis Cathedral with its three steeples viewed from Jackson Square.

ID: 3005 ~ Source: Courtesy of the Collections of the Louisiana State Museum.

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

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,…