Pontalba Building on Jackson Square, New Orleans, Louisiana, circa 1940

Subjects: Residences Squares & Plazas
Card type: Lithograph
Date: c. 1930 (White Border)

Back of Pontalba Building on Jackson Square, New Orleans, Louisiana, circa 1940, E. C. Kropp Co., WI, USA, c. 1930 lithograph postcard — Back

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A view across the landscaped grounds of Jackson Square toward the long red-brick Pontalba Building, its rows of windows and cast-iron galleries partly screened by trees and shrubs, with a cast-iron urn on a pedestal in the foreground and a couple of strollers on the walk. The matching Pontalba row buildings flanking the square were erected in 1849–1851 by Baroness Micaela Almonester de Pontalba and are often cited as among the oldest continuously rented apartment buildings in the United States. Jackson Square itself, laid out in 1721 as the Place d'Armes, is the historic heart of the French Quarter.

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PublisherE. C. Kropp Co.

PONTALBA BUILDING, JACKSON SQUARE, IN THE OLD FRENCH QUARTER, NEW ORLEANS, LA.—92 --- The Pontalba Buildings flank the Place d'Armes, the picturesque center of ancient New Orleans. The illustration shows one of them. They were built over a century ago by the Baroness de Pontalba. For many years they were the fashionable ancestors of the modern apartment houses. Today they are New Orleans' approach to tenement houses. 29573 POST CARD PLACE STAMP HERE MADE IN U.S.A. BY E. C. KROPP CO., MILWAUKEE

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Publisher	E. C. Kropp Co.
Series	92
Condition	Good
Publisher	E. C. Kropp Co., Milwaukee, WI
Notes	White border; card number 92 printed at the end of the caption; brown stain and paper loss at the top right corner, small stain at the left edge. No postmark. Divided back; white border; linen texture; E.C. Kropp imprint; faint pencil '250' at top.

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Pontalba Building on Jackson Square, New Orleans, Louisiana, circa 1940, postcard, c. 1930. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/pontalba-building-on-jackson-square-new-orleans-louisiana-ci. Accessed October 25, 2026.