Lafitte Cell: in the Courtyard of the Cabildo, 1950
This file appears in: Battle of New Orleans: Pirate's Alley, The Arsenal, Creole House & Jackson House
This prison cell is said to have held Jean Lafitte's brother Pierre after his arrest in the city in 1814.
Courtesy of the Collections of the Louisiana State Museum
This file appears in: Battle of New Orleans: Pirate's Alley, The Arsenal, Creole House & Jackson House
Battle of New Orleans: Pirate's Alley, The Arsenal, Creole House & Jackson House
Walking out of Jackson Square toward St. Louis Cathedral, Pirate’s Alley appears on the left, between the Cathedral and the Cabildo. Formerly known as “Orleans Alley,” the passage is one block long,…