Garden District New Orleans, Louisiana
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- 1849
- James Gallier Sr. designs a "Gothic cottage" for Londoner Charles Briggs in the Garden District
- 1853
- Construction of house designed by Isaac Thayer for Thomas Corse Gilmour, English cotton merchant, at 2520 Prytania
- 1857
- Construction of Claiborne Cottage by John McVittie for Sophronie Louise Claiborne, daughter of Louisiana's first governor
- 1859
- Bosworth-Hammand House constructed by Thomas K. Wharton for Abel W. Bosworth, an ice dealer from Maine, and his wife Rachel
- 1859-60
- Construction of Cornstalk Fence Mansion for Col. Robert H. Short, designed by Henry Howard and built by Robert Huyghe, for $24,000
- 1863
- During the Civil War, Colonel Short's villa is seized by the Federal Army to house Michael Hahn, Federal Governor of Louisiana
- c. 1866
- Colonel Short's villa is returned to him after the Civil War; he continues to live there until his death in 1890
- 1866
- Construction of Pritchard-Pigot House by builder Elijah Cox for owner Mary Taylor Smith, at a cost of $8,000
- 1872
- Construction of mansion for sugar planter Bradish Johnson, designed by Lewis Reynolds or James Freret in an unusual Second Empire style for $100,000
- 1872-73
- Construction of Italianate raised cottage house at 1329 Seventh, designed by Frederick Wing for his granddaughters
- 1872
- Mary Taylor Smith sells the Pritchard House to James Jennings McComb (who became wealthy inventing a buckle to bale cotton) for $20,000
- 1890
- Construction of the Sully Mansion for insurance magnate John Rainey, designed by Thomas Sully in Queen Anne style
- 1897-99
- Dining room extension added to Gilmour-Parker House by Sarah Roberta Buckner, widow of John M. Parker
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