Basin Street Station
Basin Street Station is a building in City of New Orleans, Louisiana which is located on Basin Street. Basin Street Station is situated nearby to the museum Marie Laveau’s Tomb?, as well as near Saint Louis Cemetery.- Type: Tourist attraction
- Also known as: “New Orleans Terminal Company / Southern Railway Freight Office Building” and “Welcome Center”
- Address: 501 Basin Street
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Saint Louis Cemetery and Congo Square.
Saint Louis Cemetery
Cemetery
Saint Louis Cemetery is the name of three Catholic cemeteries in New Orleans, Louisiana. Most of the graves are above-ground vaults constructed in the 18th and 19th centuries.
Congo Square
Park
Photo: Mr. Littlehand, CC BY 2.0.
Congo Square is an open space, now within Louis Armstrong Park, which is located in the Tremé neighborhood of New Orleans, Louisiana, just across Rampart Street north of the French Quarter. Congo Square is situated 870 feet northeast of Basin Street Station.
Louis Armstrong Park
Park
Photo: Jason Riedy, CC BY 2.0.
Louis Armstrong Park is a 32-acre park located in the Tremé neighborhood of New Orleans, Louisiana, just across Rampart Street from the French Quarter.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Storyville and New Orleans.
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.
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.
Basin Street Station
- Categories: building, tourism, and commercial building
- Location: City of New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, South, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
29.95975° or 29° 57′ 35″ northLongitude
-90.07076° or 90° 4′ 15″ westLevels
4Open location code
76XFXW5H+WMOpenStreetMap ID
way 329368967OpenStreetMap feature
building=commercialOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attraction
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