Franklin Monument
Franklin Monument is a monument in Orleans, Louisiana. Franklin Monument is situated nearby to the park Lafayette Square, as well as near Clay Monument.Photo: Fuzheado, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Lafayette Square and Gallier Hall.
Lafayette Square
Park
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
Photo: Baronplantagenet, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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. Gallier Hall is situated 490 feet west of Franklin Monument.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Central Business District and New Orleans.
Central Business District
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
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.
Storyville
Hamlet
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
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.
Franklin Monument
- Type: Monument
- Description: park in Orleans Parish, Louisiana, United States of America
- Category: historic site
- Location: Orleans, Louisiana, South, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
29.94818° or 29° 56′ 53″ northLongitude
-90.0699° or 90° 4′ 12″ westElevation
7 feet (2 metres)Open location code
76XFWWXJ+72OpenStreetMap ID
node 358384438OpenStreetMap feature
historic=monumentWikidata ID
Q49491450
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to French—“Franklin Monument” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Franklin Monument”
- French: “Monument Franklin”
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