Louis Bouligny
New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana
Marker Inscription
Faubourg Bouligny. Site of the plantation of Louis Bouligny (1781-1862), soldier, planter, statesman. This Faubourg (suburb), laid out in 1834, was bounded by Upperline, General Taylor, Clara and the river. The Bouligny Foundation. 1984.
Erected by Bouligny Foundation
The Story
This was the site of the plantation of Louis Bouligny (1781–1862), remembered as soldier, planter, and statesman. In 1834 the land was laid out as Faubourg Bouligny, a New Orleans suburb bounded by Upperline, General Taylor, Clara, and the river.
Why it matters
It shows how antebellum New Orleans grew outward, as riverfront plantations were subdivided into the faubourgs that still define the city's uptown neighborhoods.
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