Architecture
James Freret
Entry covers the life and work of New Orleans architect James Freret.
Architecture
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Architecture
Jean Noel Destrehan
As one of the most prominent Mississippi River plantation owners of colonial Louisiana, Jean Noel Destrehan built a prosperous farming operation around the stately River Road manor that still bears his family name.
Architecture
Jean-Hyacinthe Laclotte
Jean-Hyacinthe Laclotte is best remembered for his painting of the 1815 Battle of New Orleans.
Architecture
John Jacob Desmond
Twentieth-century Louisiana architect John Jacob Desmond pioneered a style of regional modernism.
Architecture
L'Hermitage Plantation
L'Hermitage Plantation in Darrow, Louisiana, stands as a nearly 200 year-old classical revival style home.
Architecture
Lakefront Airport
In order to accommodate seaplanes as well as land-based craft, New Orleans's Lakefront Airport was built on land dredged from Lake Pontchartrain to create a site that projects into the lake.
Architecture
Laura Plantation
Laura Lacoul Gore, the namesake of Laura Plantation, left a memoir that proved to be an important resource for the restoration of the house.
Architecture
Laurel Valley Plantation
In the early twentieth century, Thibodaux's Laurel Valley Plantation was the largest sugar producer in the region and employed as many as 450 workers.
Architecture
Layton Castle
Layton Castle, a rambling, maze-like brick home built in 1814, is an architectural landmark in Monroe, Louisiana.
Architecture
LeBeau Plantation
The LeBeau House plantation occupies one of the narrow lots typical of The Island, the area between the Mississippi and False rivers.
Architecture
Lighthouses
Installed in the 1800s, Louisiana's lighthouses were not only among the state's most visually dynamic buildings, but also provided a vital service for commercial mariners.
Architecture
Linwood Plantation
Albert G. Carter built Linwood Plantation in Louisiana from an inherited Spanish land grant.
