Houses in the French Quarter, New Orleans

ID: 5826 ~ Source: Image courtesy of the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2018705577/ ~ Creator: Arnold Genthe, photographer ~ Date: Between 1920 and 1926.

This file appears in: The Home: Marie Laveau’s House

Though no images of Marie Laveau’s home are known to exist, it may have looked similar to this traditional style home.

This file appears in: The Home: Marie Laveau’s House

The Home: Marie Laveau’s House

By August Darbonne & Kathryn O'Dwyer, editor

Marie Laveau’s home once stood on the site of present-day 1020 and 1022 St. Ann Street. Marguerite Darcantel, Laveau’s mother, and Catherine Henry, Laveau’s grandmother, raised Marie Laveau at the…