Carrollton, New Orleans

Carrollton Historic District
Sign on Carrollton Avenue near St. Charles Avenue
Carrollton, New Orleans is located in Louisiana
Carrollton, New Orleans
Carrollton, New Orleans is located in the United States
Carrollton, New Orleans
LocationRoughly bounded by Lowerline St., Mississippi River, Monticello Ave., & Earhart Blvd., New Orleans, Louisiana
Coordinates29°57′8″N 90°7′38″W / 29.95222°N 90.12722°W / 29.95222; -90.12722
Built1840
ArchitectMultiple
Architectural styleColonial Revival, Bungalow/Craftsman, Italianate
NRHP reference No.87001893[1]
Added to NRHPNovember 02, 1987

Carrollton is a historic neighborhood of Uptown New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, which includes the Carrollton Historic District, recognized by the Historic District Landmark Commission.[2] It is the part of Uptown New Orleans farthest upriver while still being easily accessible to the French Quarter. It was historically a separate town, laid out in 1833 and incorporated on March 10, 1845.[3][4] Carrollton was annexed by New Orleans in 1874 (becoming the city's 16th and 17th Wards), but it has long retained some elements of distinct identity.

Historically the boundaries of the city of Carrollton were the Mississippi River, the downriver border of Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, Fig Street, and Lowerline Street. The area on the river side of Claiborne Avenue is sometimes referred to as "Old Carrollton". The incorporation of Carrollton created an apparent anomaly in New Orleans street names; Lowerline is upriver from Upperline Street, which was originally the upriver boundary of another suburb annexed in the 1850s.

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. ^ "HDLC - City of New Orleans". www.nola.gov.
  3. ^ Mary Ann Wegmann, Carrollton Courthouse: Stop 1 of 9 in the Carrollton Courthouse tour, New Orleans Historical (Midlo Center for New Orleans Studies, History Department, University of New Orleans & Communication Department, Tulane University, retrieved 3 Nov. 2017.
  4. ^ The City of Carrollton at Media NOLA Archived November 7, 2017, at the Wayback Machine, a project of Tulane University, accessed 3 Nov. 2017.