"The Execution Yard (Orleans Parish Prison)"

ID: 3744 ~ Source: LOUISiana Digital Collection, Louisiana State Museum ~ Creator: Cruise, Alvyk Boyd ~ Date: Between 1937 and 1940

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

This illustration, from the Historic American Buildings Survey (between 1937 and 1940), shows the execution yard 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,…