House of Ruth

House of Ruth is a building in City of New Orleans, Louisiana. House of Ruth is situated nearby to the hamlet Algiers Point, as well as near Woldenberg Park.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include New Orleans Mint and Woldenberg Park.

New Orleans Mint

Museum

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The New Orleans Mint operated in New Orleans, Louisiana, as a branch mint of the United States Mint from 1838 to 1861 and from 1879 to 1909. During its years of operation, it produced over 427 million gold and silver coins of nearly every American denomination, with a total face value of over US$307 million. New Orleans Mint is situated 3,100 feet northwest of House of Ruth.

Woldenberg Park

Park

Photo: Tom Pavel, CC BY 2.0.

Woldenberg Park is a park in New Orleans, Louisiana. It was created in the late 1980s on land that had been occupied by old wharves and warehouses along the Mississippi Riverfront, in the upper French Quarter, first opening as a park in October 1989. Woldenberg Park is situated 1,900 feet west of House of Ruth.

Jackson Square

Park

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Jackson Square, formerly the Place d'Armes or Plaza de Armas, is a historic park in the French Quarter of New Orleans, Louisiana. It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1960, for its central role in the city's history, and as the site where in 1803 Louisiana was made United States territory pursuant to the Louisiana Purchase.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Algiers Point and French Market.

Algiers Point

Hamlet

Algiers Point is a location on the Lower Mississippi River in New Orleans, Louisiana. In river pilotage, Algiers Point is one of the many points of land around which the river flows—albeit a significant one.

French Market

Neighborhood

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The French Market is a market and series of commercial buildings spanning six blocks in the French Quarter of New Orleans, Louisiana. Founded as a Native American trading post predating European colonization, the market is the oldest of its kind in the United States.

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.

House of Ruth

Type: Building
Address: LA
Location: City of New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, South, United States, North America
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Latitude

29.95366° or 29° 57′ 13″ north

Longitude

-90.0541° or 90° 3′ 15″ west

Elevation

10 feet (3 metres)

Open location code

76XFXW3W+F9

OpenStreetMap ID

node 367133388

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

GeoNames ID

7182492

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