Sue Strachan, Uptown Messenger
A tree is growing from the French Benevolent Society tomb in Lafayette Cemetery No. 2.
The cemetery off of Washington Avenue in Central City is, to be expected, quiet on a Monday morning. Tombs in various states of care are engraved with names reflecting the teeming diversity of New Orleans when the cemetery was established in 1850: Oberschmidt, Armato, Battiste, Tujague, Noble.
Other tombs, the large multi-level ones, are often benevolent associations: Deutscheler Hendwerker Verein (German Craftsmen Association, 1868), Societé de Bienfaisance de Boucher (French Butchers Society, 1867), Young Men Olympia Benevolent Association, 1883, and Société Française de Bienfaisance et d’Assistance Mutuelle (French Benevolent Society, 1850).
Restorations in full swing at Grouseland
Restorations have not been done to the building in 50 years.
Posted: Jan 28, 2021 6:32 PM
Posted By: Gary Brian
VINCENNES, Ind. (WTHI) - In the early 1900 s, Grouseland was planned for destruction. The home of US president William Henry Harrison would be replaced with a water holding tank. But a group of women with the Daughters of the American Revolution saved the building from being demolished.
Grouseland Foundation executive director Lise Ice-Jones says, These women intervened and got a restricted deed and begged to be able to be allowed to come in and stake the building.