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Archbishop's Palace, New Orleans, Louisiana, circa 1910

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ChurchesResidences
Card type
Lithograph
Front of Archbishop's Palace, New Orleans, Louisiana, circa 1910, lithograph postcard
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Back of Archbishop's Palace, New Orleans, Louisiana, circa 1910, lithograph postcard
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About this postcard

A long two-story white stucco building with a red mansard-style roof, dormer windows and green louvered shutters, seen across a lawn with flower beds; the central bay has a pediment with a clock face, a balustraded balcony and an arched entrance. This is the Archbishop's Palace (now the Old Ursuline Convent complex area) on Chartres Street in the French Quarter of New Orleans, long the residence of the city's Catholic archbishops. The building's simple classical front and steep red roof are characteristic of the French colonial and later antebellum architecture preserved in the Vieux Carré.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pen

Kind regards from [illegible] to [illegible] from [illegible] Mrs. L. A. Met[illegible]

PublisherHugh C. Leighton Co.
New Orleans. Archbishop's Palace. --- Post Card. Place the Stamp Here One Cent for United States, and Island Possessions, Cuba, Canada and Mexico. Two Cents For Foreign. Hugh C. Leighton Co., Portland, Me. Manufacturers of Postal Cards. Made in Germany. No 2143 This side is for the address.
Addressed to
Mrs. G. V. McGovern

6426 Harvard Ave, Chicago, Ill.

Postcard record

PublisherHugh C. Leighton Co.
ConditionGood
Place depictedArchbishop's Palace, New Orleans, LA
NotesCaption printed vertically along the right edge; thin border, worn and rounded corners, stain along the top edge, and handwriting in the right margin. Postmark: NATCHITOCHES LA. FEB 25 (year not legible). Undivided back ("This side is for the address"), Hugh C. Leighton Co. imprint, Made in Germany; white border on front; card soiled with a dark stain at lower left corner.

Cite this card

Archbishop's Palace, New Orleans, Louisiana, circa 1910, postcard, n.d.. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/archbishops-palace-new-orleans-louisiana-circa-1910. Accessed October 24, 2026.