Old Parish Prison

ID: 3742 ~ Source: Visual Materials Collection, Southeastern Architectural Archive, Special Collections Division, Tulane University Libraries ~ Date: between 1915 and 1920

This file appears in: “Confined in the Dungeons”: Orleans Parish Prison and Self-Emancipated People

This photograph (circa 1915-1920) shows a young boy sitting on a sidewalk overlooking the vacant remnants of the Orleans Parish Prison.

This file appears in: “Confined in the Dungeons”: Orleans Parish Prison and Self-Emancipated People

“Confined in the Dungeons”: Orleans Parish Prison and Self-Emancipated People

By Lauren Smith, Kathryn O'Dwyer, Editor & Brett Todd. Contributor

Located in Treme, the original Orleans Parish Prison stood where the Municipal Auditorium and Louis Armstrong Park stand today. From the 1830s to 1895, the prison housed individuals accused of crimes,…