Pontalba Buildings

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The Pontalba Buildings are historic 19th-century red-brick townhouses flanking Jackson Square in New Orleans, renowned as some of the oldest continuously rented apartment buildings in the United States.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf apartment building
historic building complex
row house complex
architecturalStyle Creole townhouse
Greek Revival NERFINISHED
city New Orleans
constructionEndDate 1851
constructionStartDate 1849
country United States of America
surface form: United States
developer Micaela Almonester, Baroness de Pontalba NERFINISHED
faces Chartres Street NERFINISHED
St. Ann Street NERFINISHED
St. Peter Street NERFINISHED
flanks Jackson Square NERFINISHED
hasCulturalSignificance contributes to the historic character of the French Quarter
iconic example of 19th-century New Orleans urban architecture
hasFeature cast-iron balconies
central courtyards
uniform red-brick façades
hasFunction mixed-use residential and commercial complex
hasNumberOfFloors 4
hasPart Lower Pontalba Building NERFINISHED
Upper Pontalba Building NERFINISHED
heritageDesignation National Historic Landmark
New Orleans Historic Landmark NERFINISHED
inception 1850
locatedIn French Quarter NERFINISHED
Jackson Square NERFINISHED
Louisiana
New Orleans NERFINISHED
United States of America
surface form: United States
materialUsed red brick
namedAfter Micaela Almonester, Baroness de Pontalba NERFINISHED
neighborhood French Quarter NERFINISHED
notableFor being among the oldest continuously rented apartment buildings in the United States
overlooks Jackson Square NERFINISHED
owner City of New Orleans NERFINISHED
partOf Vieux Carré Historic District NERFINISHED
state Louisiana
streetAddress 500 St. Ann Street (Lower Pontalba Building) NERFINISHED
500 St. Peter Street (Upper Pontalba Building) NERFINISHED
touristAttraction true
use ground-floor commercial space
residential apartments

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Jackson Square hasLandmark Pontalba Buildings