McDonogh Monument

McDonogh Monument is a park in Orleans, Louisiana. McDonogh Monument is situated nearby to the hamlet Storyville, as well as near the quarter Central City Historic District.

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Places of Interest

Highlights include Lafayette Square and Gallier Hall.

Lafayette Square

Park

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Lafayette Square is the second-oldest public park in New Orleans, Louisiana, located in the present-day Central Business District. During the late 18th century, this was part of a residential area called Faubourg Sainte Marie.

Gallier Hall

Government building

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Gallier Hall is a historic building on St. Charles Avenue in New Orleans, Louisiana. It is the former New Orleans city hall, and continues in civic use.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Central Business District and Storyville.

Central Business District

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The Central Business District is the part of New Orleans similar to what many cities call "Downtown". Just "up" from the French Quarter is the CBD. Like many other large American cities, this area has skyscrapers and modern office towers housing cooperate and regional offices; however some interesting 19th-century architecture is also preserved.

Storyville

Hamlet

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Storyville was the red-light district of New Orleans, Louisiana, from 1897 to 1917. It was established by municipal ordinance under the New Orleans City Council, to regulate prostitution.

New Orleans

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Way down yonder in New Orleans, you'll find the roots of jazz and a blossoming culture that is unlike anything else on Earth. Here, the laid-back atmosphere of the riverfront South has mixed with French sophistication, Spanish style, and African-American energy to create something greater than the sum of its parts.

McDonogh Monument

Type: Park
Description: park in Orleans Parish, Louisiana, United States of America
Category: monument
Location: Orleans, Louisiana, South, United States, North America
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Latitude

29.94826° or 29° 56′ 54″ north

Longitude

-90.07091° or 90° 4′ 15″ west

Elevation

3 feet (1 metre)

Open location code

76XFWWXH+8J

GeoNames ID

4332939

Wikidata ID

Q49523515

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to French—“McDonogh Monument” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “McDonogh Monument”
French: “Monument McDonogh”

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Localities in the Area

Explore places such as French Quarter and Central City Historic District.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Clay Monument and Franklin Monument.

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