Absinthe House bar, 1900

ID: 3346

This file appears in: Old Absinthe House and the Battle of New Orleans

Few images survive depicting the interior of the famous bar during this period.

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This file appears in: Old Absinthe House and the Battle of New Orleans

Old Absinthe House and the Battle of New Orleans

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

The Old Absinthe House, a stucco building at the corner of Bourbon and Bienville Streets, is one of the oldest structures in New Orleans, dating to approximately 1806. In the nineteenth century,…