Great New Orleans Fire of 1788

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The Great New Orleans Fire of 1788 was a devastating blaze that destroyed much of colonial New Orleans and prompted the extensive Spanish-era reconstruction that shaped the modern French Quarter’s architecture.

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instanceOf disaster ⓘ
historical event ⓘ
urban fire ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Great New Orleans Fire of 1788 ⓘ
surface form: First Great New Orleans Fire
architecturalLegacy interior courtyards ⓘ
thick masonry walls ⓘ
tile roofs ⓘ
widespread use of brick-between-post construction ⓘ
casualties approximately 25 deaths ⓘ
cause accidental ignition from altar candles ⓘ
country Spanish Louisiana ⓘ
day 21 ⓘ
destroyedArea French Quarter ⓘ
destroyedBuilding Parish Church of St. Louis ⓘ
the army barracks ⓘ
the colonial jail ⓘ
the governor’s residence ⓘ
Cabildo ⓘ
surface form: the original Cabildo

Presbytère ⓘ
surface form: the original Presbytère
destroyedBuildings approximately 80 percent of the city’s buildings ⓘ
over 850 structures ⓘ
destroyedBuildingType churches ⓘ
public buildings ⓘ
residences ⓘ
wooden structures ⓘ
followedBy Great New Orleans Fire of 1788 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Great New Orleans Fire of 1794
governingPower Spanish Empire ⓘ
historicalSignificance shaped the modern architectural character of the French Quarter ⓘ
homelessPeople thousands of residents ⓘ
impactOnReligion destruction of main Catholic parish church ⓘ
location New Orleans ⓘ
memorializedBy historical markers in the French Quarter ⓘ
month March ⓘ
originatedIn home of Don Vincente José Núñez ⓘ
originatedNear Chartres Street ⓘ
Royal Street ⓘ
partOf history of New Orleans ⓘ
history of Spanish Louisiana ⓘ
reconstructionInfluence Spanish colonial architecture ⓘ
reconstructionLedBy Spanish colonial authorities ⓘ
resultedIn extensive rebuilding of the French Quarter ⓘ
replacement of many French colonial buildings with Spanish-style structures ⓘ
spreadDirection northeast ⓘ
startDate 1788-03-21 ⓘ
timeOfDay morning ⓘ
weatherCondition dry conditions ⓘ
strong winds ⓘ
year 1788 ⓘ

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French Quarter → rebuiltAfter → Great New Orleans Fire of 1788 ⓘ
French Quarter → rebuiltAfter → Great New Orleans Fire of 1788 ⓘ
this entity surface form: New Orleans fire of 1794
Great New Orleans Fire of 1788 → followedBy → Great New Orleans Fire of 1788 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Great New Orleans Fire of 1794
Great New Orleans Fire of 1788 → alsoKnownAs → Great New Orleans Fire of 1788 ⓘ
this entity surface form: First Great New Orleans Fire