16th Ward of New Orleans

none January 2025 August 2023 29.906703 N 90.056617 W dms title yes 250 220 Map of ward boundary thumb|250px|right|St. Charles Streetcar passes the old Carrollton City Hall Building on Carrollton Avenue, April, 2005 The 16th Ward or Sixteenth Ward is a division of the city of New Orleans, Louisiana, one of the 17 wards of New Orleans. It is an Uptown ward, along with the adjacent 17th Ward, formerly part of the city of Carrollton, Louisiana which was annexed by New Orleans in the 1870s. Boundaries The 16th Ward stretches inland from the Mississippi River, with the upper boundary being Carrollton Avenue, across which is the 17th Ward, and the lower being Lowerline Street, across which is the 14th Ward. The back boundary was the New Basin Canal, now part of the route of I-10.New Orleans DistrictsThe Wards of New Orleans http://hnrs109sp18.blog.sbc.edu/2018/01/18/the-wards-of-new-orleans/ 2021-02-15 en-US Neighborhoods and landmarks Going from the Riverfront back, the ward includes part of the Mississippi River levee used as a linear park. Atop a section of the levee is the regional office of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Across Leake Avenue (still called "River Road" by many locals) is the Black Pearl neighborhood. The ward continues back across St. Charles Avenue, route of the famous St. Charles Streetcar Line. The Old Carrollton Courthouse formerly served as a courthouse, jail and school,Luck Adrienne Arbor Day at McDonogh No. 23 - Stop 6 of 9 in the Carrollton Courthouse tour https://neworleanshistorical.org/items/show/433?tour=26&index=5 2021-02-15 New Orleans Historical en in which capacity it served until its last charter school tenant moved in 2013. Designed by architect Henry Howard, the building's construction was completed in 1855.Wegmann Mary Ann Carrollton Courthouse - Stop 1 of 9 in the Carrollton Courthouse tour https://neworleanshistorical.org/items/show/478 2021-02-15 New Orleans Historical en It sat vacant for seven years.Langenhennig Susan What's the future of the vacant Carrollton Courthouse? https://www.nola.com/entertainment_life/home_garden/article_afbb9492-1a10-5180-8646-5e05eede603f.html 2021-02-15 NOLA.com en It was sold by the Orleans Parish School Board to private developers in 2018, and it reopened in February 2023 as a luxury assisted living facility for senior citizens.Riegel Stephanie The Carrollton, a high-end senior living facility, opens in historic courthouse building https://www.nola.com/news/business/the-carrollton-a-high-end-senior-living-facility-opens-in-historic-courthouse-building/article_3f055538-ad87-11ed-8027-df75feeca4ff.html NOLA.com en The Lower or East Carrollton neighborhood contains much fine wooden 19th century residential architecture, and Maple Street, an old mixed commercial/residential neighborhood main street, with shops, restaurants, bars, and coffee shops, is popular with both locals and students of nearby Tulane University and Loyola University New Orleans. At the corner of S. Carrollton Avenue and Willow Street is the Nix Library, which opened in 1930.Hall Tricia Nix Library https://neworleanshistorical.org/items/show/360 2021-02-15 New Orleans Historical en The lot, upon which the library sits, was donated to the City of New Orleans by James, Ralph, and John Nix in order to build a library in memory of their parents.Nix Library: Going 'Above & Beyond' for Almost a Century https://nolalibraryimpact.org/home/nix-library-going-above-amp-beyond-for-almost-a-century 2021-02-15 New Orleans Public Library en-US The old residential neighborhood, with occasional corner stores, continues back to wide Claiborne Avenue, across which is the upper edge of the Fontainebleau neighborhood. On Carrollton Avenue the Notre Dame Seminary is the residence of the Archbishop of New Orleans, where Pope John Paul II stayed during his visit to New Orleans in 1987.2012-08-25 History https://nds.edu/history/ 2021-02-15 Notre Dame Seminary en-US Back from Earhart Boulevard was the former location of Lincoln Park and Johnson Park, where musicians including Buddy Bolden,Marquis Donald M. https://books.google.com/books?id=YGeYOIhXMp4C In Search of Buddy Bolden: First Man of Jazz September 1, 2005 Louisiana State University Press 978-0-8071-3093-3 Baton Rouge, LA 59–60 en Bunk Johnson, and John RobichauxJohn Robichaux (U.S. National Park Service) https://www.nps.gov/people/john-robichaux.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20210119083350/https://www.nps.gov/people/john-robichaux.htm dead January 19, 2021 2021-02-15 www.nps.gov en played in the early years of the 20th century, now a mixed commercial and residential area. The Gert Town, New Orleans neighborhood continues back to Xavier University of Louisiana, at the back end of the Ward, adjacent to I-10.Gert Town Neighborhood https://www.datacenterresearch.org/pre-katrina/orleans/4/62/index.html 2021-02-15 www.datacenterresearch.org alt=Arched iron gateway over the entrance to Carrollton Cemetery No.1 at Adams and Green Streets in New Orleans, Louisiana|thumb|Arched iron gateway over the entrance to Carrollton Cemetery No.1 at Adams and Green Streets in New Orleans, Louisiana. Established in 1849, Carrollton Cemetery No.1 was founded as the municipal cemetery for the suburb of Carrollton, and later annexed to the City of New Orleans in 1874. Also referred to as the Green Street Cemetery, Carrollton Cemetery No.1 covers a four block area, and is bounded by Adams, Hickory, Birch, and Lowerline Streets.Pfeffer Miki Hartje Sarah Carrollton Cemeteries: A Brief History https://neworleanshistorical.org/items/show/644 2021-02-16 New Orleans Historical en The cemetery is dominated by in-ground burials with several aisles of above-ground tombs.2021-01-11 Cemeteries - City of New Orleans https://www.nola.gov/cemeteries/ live https://web.archive.org/web/20201031193629/https://nola.gov/cemeteries/ 2020-10-31 2021-02-15 NOLA.gov City of New Orleans Located one block away is Carrollton Cemetery No.2, also known as St. Mary's Cemetery as it was formerly the property of the Catholic Church (St. Mary’s Nativity). Like Carrollton Cemetery No.1, Carrollton Cemetery No.2 is bounded on the east side by Lowerline Street. It covers 2 blocks, and is bounded on the other three sides by Adams, Spruce, and Cohn Streets. Hurricane Katrina In the general flooding of New Orleans in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in 2005, most of the ward from about Green Street back was flooded, while most of the area from around Freret Street to the Mississippi River was above the flood waters. The dry area experienced extensive looting in the aftermath of the storm and levee failure.February 2021 The area was hit on February 13, 2007 by a EF2 tornadoUS Department of Commerce NOAA NWS LIX - February 13, 2007 Storm Reports page https://www.weather.gov/lix/13feb07lsr 2021-02-15 www.weather.gov EN-USDuncan Jeff 2007-02-13 NOLA.com: Times-Picayune Updates - Tornado kills 1 as it sweeps across the city http://www.nola.com/newslogs/tpupdates/index.ssf?/mtlogs/nola_tpupdates/archives/2007_02_13.html#237266 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20070215040326/http://www.nola.com/newslogs/tpupdates/index.ssf?%2Fmtlogs%2Fnola_tpupdates%2Farchives%2F2007_02_13.html#237266 2007-02-15 2021-02-15 that tossed a stretch of Hillary Street before bouncing across St. Charles Avenue and Carrollton Avenue near Jeannette Street.2007-02-15 NOLA.com: Times-Picayune - Latest tornado info from city of New Orleans http://www.nola.com/newslogs/tpupdates/index.ssf?/mtlogs/nola_tpupdates/archives/2007_02_13.html#237266 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20070215040326/http://www.nola.com/newslogs/tpupdates/index.ssf?%2Fmtlogs%2Fnola_tpupdates%2Farchives%2F2007_02_13.html#237266 2007-02-15 2021-02-15Duncan Jeff 2007-02-13 Seconds of Chaos Leave Huge Mess in Uptown Area The Times-Picayune https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info%3Asid/infoweb.newsbank.com&svc_dat=AMNEWS&req_dat=0D1CD317F8F22780&rft_val_format=info%3Aofi/fmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Actx&rft_dat=document_id%3Aimage%252Fv2%253A1223BCE5B718A166%2540EANX-NB-1718D958D270A5AA%25402454146-171714A0B877EFDC%25400/hlterms%3Atornado 2021-02-15 References Category:Wards of New Orleans