New Orleans East Area in Orleans Parish, Louisiana — The American South (West South Central)

Henriette Delille

1812-1862

Photographed by Cajun Scrambler, December 28, 2022

1. Henriette Delille Marker

Inscription.
Foundress of the Sisters of the Holy Family in 1842.

The Sisters of the Holy Family, an African American religious order, are committed to caring for the sick assisting the poor, and instructing the unlearned through prayer and Christ-like ministry.
The New Orleans ministries include the Motherhouse, Novitiate, Lafon Nursing Facility, St. Mary's Academy, St. John Berchmans Child Development Center Lafon Child Development Center, House of the Holy Family, St. John Berchmans Manor and Delille Inn.
The Sisters also serve in Church parish schools in New Orleans and other missions throughout the United States, Central America and Nigeria.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Religion & Religious Structures • Women.

Location. 30° 0.685′ N, 90° 0.424′ W. Marker is in New Orleans, Louisiana, in Orleans Parish. It is in the New Orleans East Area. It is on US 90 east of America Street, in the median. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: New Orleans LA 70126, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this

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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 4 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Pontchartrain Park Historic District (approx. 2.2 miles away); Centennial (approx. 2.3 miles away); In Memory of the First Barrow Stadium (approx. 2½ miles away); The Historic Lower Ninth Ward / Industrial Canal Flood Wall (approx. 2.8 miles away); On These Grounds On November 14, 1960 (approx. 2.9 miles away); William T. Frantz Elementary School (approx. 2.9 miles away); Brothers Of The Sacred Heart (approx. 3.2 miles away); Saint Claude Avenue Bridge (approx. 3½ miles away). Touch for a list and map

Photographed by Cajun Scrambler, December 28, 2022

2. Henriette Delille Marker

of all markers in New Orleans.

Credits. This page was last revised on February 12, 2023. It was originally submitted on December 28, 2022, by Cajun Scrambler of Assumption, Louisiana. This page has been viewed 484 times since then and 29 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on December 28, 2022, by Cajun Scrambler of Assumption, Louisiana.