Garden District in New Orleans in Orleans Parish, Louisiana — The American South (West South Central)

McKnight Marinoni Nolan House

Photographed by Cajun Scrambler, November 21, 2022

1. McKnight Marinoni Nolan House Marker

Inscription.
Longtime tradition in the Marinoni-Nolan family holds that this rambling classic revival-style mansion is an early 20th century rebuilding of a mid-19th century center hall cottage. While the differences are vast both outside and inside, the Marinoni-Nolan family owned the property for 129 years including the era when the cottage was rebuilt. Originally constructed in 1849 for investor Anna Powell Clarke, the cottage passed in 1851 to sugar merchant Logan McKnight, who expanded the site. McKnight's estate sale in 1859 engendered a colorful public notice nicely illustrating the cottage and grounds. In 1881 the house passed to Brescia, Italy native Ulisse Marinoni (Cavaliere, 1898) who was a banker and importer and his wife Anna Laplace. Canadian-born architect William T. Nolan, who married Marinoni's daughter Olga in 1907, managed the rebuilding of the home, completed in 1909. The family of their son Ulisse M. Nolan, Rex of 1978, and their descendants resided in the home until 2008 when Paramount's The Curious Case of Benjamin Button was filmed here. Purchased and renovated in 2010 by the Jones-Wilusz family.

Erected by Garden District Association.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Architecture • Arts, Letters, Music.

Location.

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29° 55.741′ N, 90° 5.02′ W. Marker is in New Orleans, Louisiana, in Orleans Parish. It is in the Garden District. It is on Coliseum Street west of Fourth Street, on the right when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 2707 Coliseum St, New Orleans LA 70130, 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: Freret's Folly (within shouting distance of this marker); Commander’s Palace (within shouting distance of this marker); Lafayette Cemetery No. 1 (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); Colonel Short’s Villa (about 400 feet away); Maisonette Creole (about 400 feet away); R.N. Girling’s “English Apothecary” (about 400 feet away); Newcomb House (about 500 feet away); The Sully Mansion (about 500 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in New Orleans.

Photographed by Cajun Scrambler, November 21, 2022

2. McKnight Marinoni Nolan House Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on February 12, 2023. It was originally submitted on December 24, 2022, by Cajun Scrambler of Assumption, Louisiana. This page has been viewed 3,385 times since then and 250 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on December 24, 2022, by Cajun Scrambler of Assumption, Louisiana.