Parkview Historic District

Roughly bounded by City Park Ave., Bayou St. John, Orleans, Rocheblave, Lafitte and St. Louis, New Orleans, Louisiana. County/parish: Orleans.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places June 09, 1995. NRIS 95000675.

1237 contributing buildings.

Also known as:

• Saux, Jean Marie, Building
• See Also:General Laundry Building

From Wikipedia:

Parkview Historic District (New Orleans, Louisiana)

The Parkview Historic District in New Orleans, Louisiana is a 263-acre (106 ha) historic district that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) in 1995.

The district included 1,349 buildings, 92 percent of which were deemed to be contributing buildings. It includes the General Laundry Building and the Jean Marie Saux Building which are separately listed on the NRHP.

It consists of:

• Shotgun Houses (520 - 39%) of both single shotgun and double-shotgun architecture
• Bungalow (132 - 10%)
• Raised Basement (218 - 16%)
• Two-story Single Houses (100 - 7%), some with a one- or two-story porch
• Two-Story Double Houses (170 - 13%)
• Commercial (110 - 8%)
• Institutional (7 - 1/2 percent), almost all being school buildings
• Other (92 - 7%).

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National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/73974252

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