 Our Lady of Guadalaupe Church |
 Where Storyville once stood |
 Into the City of the dead |
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| St. Louis Cemetary #1 is on the other side of N. Rampart Street behind the Our Lady of Guadalaupe church. Rampart, of course, means wall and this street was once the city wall before America purchased the Louisiana territory from France and moved in. The church seen here served as the place where funeral services were held before deceased was entombed into one of the above ground graves. This all took place outside of the city for various reasons including disease prevention and the geographical location of New Orleans in connection with the sea level. A full description would take too long to go into here, but it is an entirely fascinating topic. Storyville was a neighborhood back in the late Nineteenth and early Twentieth Centuries where every vice could be had. Prostituation was legal and jazz was born in the clubs here. It was closed down in 1917 and has since been torn down. Today apartments grace the area. Below are images of various tombs in the St. Louis Cemetary. Many people have been buried in this location, some famous, some infamous. Some tombs are kept up, others have sunk into the ground and crumbled after the two centuries they have held the remains of the dead. As each person has his or her own tale, so it seems every square foot of the Crescent City has a story. If the ruiness state of the tombs causes some regret, you'll be happy to know that by taking a cemetary tour, some of the proceeds go towards restoring some of the dilipidated structures. | |||
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