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James Gallier was a prominent nineteenth-century Irish-born American architect, most famed for his buildings in New Orleans. Gallier Hall, which he designed and once served as New Orleans City Hall, i
Portrait photograph of American architect James Gallier, Sr., ca. 1860.
The St. Charles Hotel as it looked from Canal Street, 1847.
The St. Charles Hotel burning, January 1851.
Gallier Hall on Lafayette Square (1853).
St. Patrick's Church is a Catholic church and parish in the Archdiocese of New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. The parish was founded in 1833, and the current structure was completed in 1840. It is
James Gallier
…1838–1886) would grow up. They also completed the Verandah Hotel (1837–38), and the Merchants' Exchange (1835–36) on Royal Street. In 1838 Dakin designed St. Patrick's Church, an ambitious effort in a rich Gothic style, supposedly modeled on York Minster. When difficulties occurred in its construction, Gallier was called in…
St. Patrick's Church, 724 Camp Street; parish rectory to the right
St. Patrick's Church "confessions in English, French, Spanish and Italian" on billboard in 1941 New Orleans
Descriptive marker on the front of the church
Window on the right side of the church, near the front