A Jaunt among the Gardens. The Grocery 2. 85. St Charles Ave New Orleans, LA 7. The quintessential New Orleans deli you will get a local experience of ordering a PoBoy. A Poboy is New Orleans version of a Hoagie, or Sub. Made most often with Leidenheimer French Bread delivered fresh daily, you will want to order the Roast Beef, and when they ask, You want that dressed, baby You say, Yes This means a Roast Beef Sandwich with debris with lettuce mayonnaise tomato pickle. Grab the whole paper towel roll you will need itGood accompaniments are Zapps Potato Chips and a Barqs in a bottle. Afterwards head back to Washington Ave and turn Right. The RinkStill Perkin 2. Wiring A House For Pros By Pros Pdf To Word. Prytania St, New Orleans, LA 7. If you arrive early to see the area get off the streetcar and walk one block left. At that corner you will see a mustard colored building called THE RINK. Built in 1. 88. 4 in preparations for the Worlds Fair that year in New Orleans as an Ice skating rink you can go inside today and check out the Garden District Book shop, as well as Still Perkin Cafe for a quick pastry and coffee. Try the Cafe Au Lait, or a Chicory Coffee. As you exit the coffee shop you will see Lafayette 1s white Cemetery wall. Continue to walk east on Washington Ave. Lafayette 1 Cemetery. The cemetery entrance is in the middle of Washington Ave. Lafayette Cemetery was established in 1. This municipal Cemetery is the 3rd oldest still standing cemetery today. Do to no affiliation with the Catholic Church there are over 2. Due to Southeast Louisianas high mortality rate the cemeterys structures were erected at break neck speed. As you walk down the center aisle to the right 4 tombs in you will see a grave for Sercy, Mary Love and Edwin children all passing away within 2. You begin to realize how death helped to mold the way of life in the region. You will notice the above ground tombs that are so popular in New Orleans. Done for practicality as well as tradition you see them in abundance. Embalming was not used predominantly in North America until after the American Civil War. When the deceased were placed inside of the tombs without embalming it was realized the tombs were like ovens and the disintegration process would be accelerated. For that reason you can find tombs with up to 3. The stand out tombs include the Jefferson Fire Companies Benevolent Tomb in the center aisle as well as the Orphan Boys tomb to the left of that. Movies and Hollywood productions are often being filmed inside. Past glimpses of the cemetery can be found in Double Jeopardy with Ashley Judd, American Horror Story Coven, and NCIS New Orleans. Read and download our self guided tour of the cemetery. Exit Cemetery on Washington Ave. Prytania, continue left on Prytania St. Colonel Shorts Villa 1. Fourth St. This house, at 1. Fourth St., was built by architect Henry Howard for Kentucky Colonel Robert Short in 1. The story goes that Shorts wife complained of missing the cornfields in her native Iowa, so he bought her the cornstalk fence. An explanation given by the current owners is that the wife saw that it was the most expensive fence in the building catalog and may requested it. Governor Nathaniel Banks lived inside with Major General Benjamin Butler after the property was commandeered in September of 1. New Orleans fell early in the war as it was a pivitol port for the Union. Best thing to happen so that New Orleans was not destroyed in Shermans March. Continue North down Prytania St. BriggsStaub House 2. Prytania St. The Briggs home is the only true example of Gothic Revival architecture in the entirety of the Garden District. It was erected in 1. Because this style reminded the Protestant Americans of the Catholicism of their Creole antagonists, it was not popular. Original owner Charles Briggs did not hold African slaves but did acquire Irish indentured servants. The large servant quarters can be seen to the left of the home. Continue North on Prytania. Our Mother of Perpetual Help Chapel 2. Prytania St. The beautiful Madonna and canopy in the yard denotes a small Catholic chapel, used to stand here until Anne Rice, author of Interview with a Vampire, purchased the property. Its the setting for her novel Violin. The home was designed by the Architect Henry Howard in 1. He predominantly used the Italianate style that you can see. Italianate homes in the Garden District on Average have 1. You will also notice the exquisite metal work adhered. When looking at the metal columns you will notice Romeo Spikes. Folklore states that they were installed to keep young men from climbing into young womens rooms. Most likely, they are there to prevent robbery. You will also notice a gas light on the porch that burns all day and all night. That is upholding the tradition that J. H. Caldwell arrived in New Orleans in 1. The Garden District would have never been without light. The Womens Opera Guild House 2. Prytania St. The stand out homes in Garden Districts often include more than one style. Designed by William Freret in 1. Greek Revival and Italianate metal work with Queen Anne. Now owned by the Womens Opera Guild, the home can be toured on Mondays from 1 to 4 pm. Recent filming in the House includes the motion pictures Elsa and Peter with Shirley Mc. Claine and Christopher Plummer, and the Quentin Tarantino film Django Unchained. Continue down Prytania. Tobys Corner 2. 34. Prytania St. The Garden Districts oldest still standing residence was built in 1.