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Adams – Jones House

 
 
Adams – Jones House Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Barry Swackhamer, December 25, 2011
1. Adams – Jones House Marker
Inscription. Erected for John I. Adams, merchant, who in 1860 purchased this part of the former plantation of Jacques Francois de Livaudais, built this house and made his residence here until 1896.

Subsequent family ownerships were Ferdinand Reusch – 1889-1921
Mrs. William Preston Johnston – 1921-1926
Woodruff George – 1926-1961
Restored 1961-62 by Mrs. Hamilton Polk Jones
 
Erected 1995 by New Orleans Landmarks Commission.
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Notable Buildings. A significant historical year for this entry is 1860.
 
Location. 29° 55.89′ N, 90° 4.941′ W. Marker is in New Orleans, Louisiana, in Orleans Parish. It is in the Garden District. It is on Prytania Street. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 2423 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: Bradish Johnson House (within shouting distance of this marker); Edward A. Davis House (within shouting distance of this marker); Gilmour – Parker House (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Briggs Staub Ripley House (about 500 feet away); Penrose - Serι House (about 600 feet away); Morris-Downman House
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(about 600 feet away); Logan Fox House (about 700 feet away); The Manse (about 700 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in New Orleans.
 
Adams – Jones House Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Barry Swackhamer, December 25, 2011
2. Adams – Jones House Marker
Adams – Jones House image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Barry Swackhamer, December 25, 2011
3. Adams – Jones House
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on February 12, 2023. It was originally submitted on January 11, 2012, by Barry Swackhamer of Brentwood, California. This page has been viewed 3,003 times since then and 174 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3. submitted on January 11, 2012, by Barry Swackhamer of Brentwood, California. • Craig Swain was the editor who published this page.
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