New Orleans in Orleans Parish, Louisiana — The American South (West South Central)
Bienville Monument
Bienville Place
By Richard E. Miller, July 14, 2009
1. Bienville Monument, north face of statue's base
[On base of statue]:
Jean Baptiste LeMoyne de Bienville
born Montreal, February 23, 1680
died Paris, March 7, 1767
Founder of New Orleans
1717
with homage of
Louisiana * Canada * France
Erected 1955 by Louisiana Purchase Sesquicentennial Commission.
Location. 29° 57.266′ N, 90° 3.884′ W. Marker is in New Orleans, Louisiana, in Orleans Parish. Marker can be reached from Decatur Street north of Conti Street, on the left when traveling south. The monument is in the French Quarter at the south end of Bienville Place, the small park north of Conti Street, between Decatur and N. Peters Streets. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: New Orleans LA 70116, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Importer's Bonded Warehouses - Henry Howard, Architect (within shouting distance of this marker); Jean Adrien Delpit House (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); Pierre Maspero’s Exchange (about 500 feet away); Louis J. Dufilho (about 600 feet away); U.S. Branch Bank (about 600 feet away); Work Begins on New Orleans, Spring 1718 (about 600 feet away); Edgar Degas House
By Richard E. Miller, July 14, 2009
2. Bienville Monument, north face
statue sculpted by Angela Gregory, 1955.
More about this monument. The statue was first erected at the Bienville Plaza near the New Orleans Union (railroad) station in April 1955. It was relocated to Bienville Place in November 1996.
Also see . . .
1. Louisiana's Code Noir, 1724. (Submitted on October 31, 2009, by Richard E. Miller of Oxon Hill, Maryland.)
2. Bienville, Jean Baptiste le Moyne, sieur de. ...fearing insurrections of Black slaves...promulgated (1724) the Code Noir... (Submitted on October 31, 2009, by Richard E. Miller of Oxon Hill, Maryland.)
3. Dictionary of Canadian Biography. (Submitted on October 31, 2009, by Richard E. Miller of Oxon Hill, Maryland.)
Additional keywords. Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville; Sieur d’Iberville; Compagnie des Indes; Nouvelle Orléans; Vieux Carré; slavery; Black Code; Chickasaw Wars; Angela Gregory, sculptor.
Categories. • Colonial Era • Settlements & Settlers •
By Mike Stroud, April 1, 2012
3. Bienville Monument , southwest side
By Mike Stroud, April 1, 2012
4. Bienville Monument, east side
By Richard E. Miller, July 14, 2009
5. Bienville Monument, Bienville Place, south face
looking northward toward Jackson Square with the visitor's center for the Jean Lafitte National Historic Park and Preserve in view across Decatur Street, center left.
By Richard E. Miller, July 14, 2009
6. Bienville Place, commemorative marker on the south side of the statue.
"In commemoration of the 250th anniversary of the founding of New Orleans, a wreath was placed here by his excellency, Charles Lucet ambassador of France to the United States and the honorable Victor H. Schiro, Mayor of New Orleans, on May 9, 1968."
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