Lower Garden District in New Orleans in Orleans Parish, Louisiana — The American South (West South Central)
Margaret's Place and Walk
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Lower Garden District
Photographed by Jamie Abel, November 17, 2010
1. Margaret's Place and Walk / Lower Garden District Marker
Margaret’s Place and Walk
Margaret’s Place and Walk honors Irish Immigrant Margaret Gaffney Haughery (1813-1882), who devoted her life to orphaned children and the needy. An orphan herself, Margaret lost her husband and baby to illness. Although illiterate, Margaret established a dairy and a bakery and became quite wealthy. Her wealth funded seven orphanages which she established with her friend, Sister Regis and the Daughters of Charity. The names of the orphanages are shown in the pavement leading to her statue, sculpted by Alexander Doyle of New York in 1884. The funds for the statue were raised by public subscription after Margaret’s death. The statue was located within sight of the New Orleans Female Orphan Asylum (demolished 1965) and the Louise Day Nursery, which she helped to found.
Lower Garden District
Margaret’s Place leads the visitor into the Lower Garden District, now a National Historic District. In 1806-1807, city surveyor Barthelemy Lafon laid out the neighborhood upon the lands of the Delord-Sarpy plantation and the boundaries of the faubourgs LaCourse and Annunciation. Lafon’s classical plan featured a series of parks with basins, fountains and tree-lined streets, some of which bear the names of the nine Muses of Greek mythology.
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Location. 29° 56.442′ N, 90° 4.33′ W. Marker is in New Orleans, Louisiana, in Orleans Parish. It is in the Lower Garden District. It is at the intersection of Prytania Street and Clio St., on the left when traveling south on Prytania Street. The marker and the statue it describes sit in a small park next to the Ponchartrain Expressway. The park is bounded by Prytania Street, Clio Street, Margaret Place and Coliseum Street and Camp Street. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1133 Prytania Street, 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: Saint Theresa of Avila Church (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); The Beginning (approx. 0.2 miles away); Atlantic Wall Fragments (approx. 0.2 miles away); Memorial Hall (approx. 0.2 miles away); Confederate Memeorial Hall (approx. 0.2 miles away); 8 in. Columbaid Cannon (approx. 0.2 miles away); James Surls
Photographed by Jamie Abel, November 17, 2010
2. Margaret's Place and Walk / Lower Garden District Marker
Other markers no longer nearby. Robert E. Lee (was approx. 0.2 miles away but has been permanently removed); St. Charles Line (was approx. 0.2 miles away but has been confirmed missing).
More about this marker. The marker sits at the foot of a short walk that leads up to the front of the statue.
Also see . . . Margaret Haughery: “Friend of the Orphans”. New Orleans Historical website entry (Submitted on May 22, 2024, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York.)
Photographed by Jamie Abel, November 17, 2010
3. Margaret's Place and Walk / Lower Garden District Marker
Photographed by Jamie Abel, November 17, 2010
4. Margaret's Place and Walk / Lower Garden District Marker
Photographed by Jamie Abel, November 17, 2010
5. Margaret's Place and Walk / Lower Garden District Marker
The name of one of the seven orphanages inscribed on the stone walkway leading from the marker to the statue.
Credits. This page was last revised on May 22, 2024. It was originally submitted on December 2, 2010, by Jamie Abel of Westerville, Ohio. This page has been viewed 2,443 times since then and 141 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on December 2, 2010, by Jamie Abel of Westerville, Ohio. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.
