United States Custom House

United States Custom House is a government office in City of New Orleans, Louisiana which is located on Canal Street. United States Custom House is situated nearby to the hotel New Orleans Marriott, as well as near the zoo Audubon Insectarium.

Type: Government office
Also known as: “U.S. Custom House”
Address: 403 Canal Street, New Orleans, LA 70130

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Audubon Insectarium and Audubon Aquarium.

Audubon Insectarium

Zoo

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.5.

The Audubon Insectarium is an insectarium and entomology museum in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. As part of its move from its previous location at the U.S. Audubon Insectarium is situated 990 feet east of United States Custom House.

Audubon Aquarium

Public aquarium

Photo: Seregelly, Public domain.

Audubon Aquarium is an aquarium in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. After a $41 million renovation that would see the Audubon Insectarium merge with the facility, the aquarium reopened with new exhibits and experiences on June 8, 2023. Audubon Aquarium is situated 1,100 feet southeast of United States Custom House.

New Orleans Marriott

Hotel

Photo: Vxla, CC BY 3.0.

New Orleans Marriott, located at 555 Canal Street in the Central Business District of New Orleans, Louisiana, is a 42-story, 449 feet -tall skyscraper. New Orleans Marriott is situated 430 feet northwest of United States Custom House.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Central Business District and New Orleans.

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.

New Orleans

Photo: briangratwicke, CC BY 2.0.

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.

French Quarter

Photo: Lars Plougmann, CC BY-SA 2.0.

The French Quarter is the oldest and most famous and visited neighborhood of New Orleans. It was laid out in French and Spanish colonial times in the 18th century.

United States Custom House

Categories: building, office, historic site, historic building, and government building
Location: City of New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, South, United States, North America
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Latitude

29.95209° or 29° 57′ 8″ north

Longitude

-90.06633° or 90° 3′ 59″ west

Elevation

46 feet (14 metres)

Inception

1856

Levels

Open location code

76XFXW2M+RF

OpenStreetMap ID

way 208520459

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=building

OpenStreetMap feature

office=government

GeoNames ID

10381876

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