Tremé / Lafitte in New Orleans in Orleans Parish, Louisiana — The American South (West South Central)

The Faerie Playhouse

1308 Esplanade Avenue

Photographed by McGhiever, March 21, 2019

1. The Faerie Playhouse marker

Inscription. This Creole cottage became the home of Stewart Butler and Alfred Doolittle in 1979 and was the site of many organizing meetings in the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender civil rights movement during the late 20th Century and early 21st Century. The garden behind this home contains the cremains of many significant leaders in that struggle for equality, including Charlene Schneider, John Ognibene, and Cliff Howard, as well as artist J.B. Hartner.

Erected 2007 by the Bienville Foundation.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Civil Rights. A significant historical year for this entry is 1979.

Location. 29° 58.054′ N, 90° 3.975′ W. Marker is in New Orleans, Louisiana, in Orleans Parish. It is in Tremé / Lafitte. It is on Esplanade Avenue west of Marais Street, on the right when traveling east. Mounted on the façade of the Faerie Playhouse, a small pink building with red hearts on the shutters. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1308 Esplanade Ave, New Orleans LA 70116, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Louisiana’s River Parishes.

It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Deep South,

on the Gulf Coast,

and in the Great River Road Region.

Globally, it is in North America,

a Gulf of Mexico state,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain,

the Viceroyalty of New France,

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

the Louisiana Purchase,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Tomb of the Unknown Slave (approx. 0.2 miles away); St. Aloysius College (approx. 0.2 miles away); Saint Augustine Church, New Orleans (approx. 0.2 miles away); Faubourg Tremé

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(approx. 0.2 miles away); Carmelite Chapel of St. Joseph and St. Teresa and the Carmelite Monastery (approx. 0.2 miles away); Carmelite Monastery (approx. 0.2 miles away); Italian Hall (approx. ¼ mile away); Dupaquier House (approx. ¼ mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in New Orleans.

Additional keywords. LGBT

The Faerie Playhouse, with marker in the center of the façade image. Click for full size.

Photographed by McGhiever, March 21, 2019

2. The Faerie Playhouse, with marker in the center of the façade

Credits. This page was last revised on February 12, 2023. It was originally submitted on September 6, 2021, by McGhiever of Minneapolis, Minnesota. This page has been viewed 867 times since then and 24 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on September 6, 2021, by McGhiever of Minneapolis, Minnesota. • Mark Hilton was the editor who published this page.