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| Orleans Parish Criminal Court and Old Parish Prison |
| The building above was constructed in the early 1880's and served as the Orleans Parish Criminal Court until about 1930. The old Parish Prison was directly behind the court building. The date of this photo is unknown, but judging from the car in the picture, it looks as though it was probably taken in the 1920's. This location on Elks Place and Loyola Avenue is where the main branch of the public library stands today. More images of the old Court Building are below. |
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| This Criminal Court building, at Tulane Avenue and Broad Street, was new when the above photo was taken in 1931. It's still in use. |
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| This is a photograph of the old parish prison, it pre-dated the prison mentioned in the top photo above. This complex was constructed in 1834 and closed in about 1894. It was bounded by Orleans, St. Ann, Treme and Marais Streets. |
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| Elk Place in the 1940's. A Veterans' Service Center sits in the foreground. The old Criminal Court Building can be seen in background. Not long after this picture was taken, the old court building was demolished. |
| The images of the Elk Place and the old Criminal Court building above and below are from about 1895. |