Irish Channel architectural survey, 1974-1976.

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Irish Channel architectural survey, 1974-1976.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/327901141

The collection is a survey of the New Orleans, Louisiana, neighborhood known as the Irish Channel, an area which is bounded by Philip, Delachaise and Constance Streets, and the Mississippi River. For each of the approximately 3,600 housing units, there is a 5 x 8 inch printed form with handwritten notes regarding: street, number, original use, present use, style/type, materials, architectural/historical rating, physical condition, number and kind of trees, general comments and negative factors. Each structure is featured in a black and white contact print, many of which include parked cars. Included also are handwritten and photocopied typed sheets, journals of projects, flyers, and photographic negatives, summary statistics for the area, Trinity Episcopal Church survey, and class notes of some of the students who produced the survey as part of an Architecture Seminar in Historic Preservation given by Dr. Bernard Lemann at Tulane University, fall 1975.

6 linear feet (1562 pieces in 7 boxes, 3 notebooks and 2 oversized folders)

Tulane University, Howard-Tilton Memorial Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7345067

Tulane University, Howard-Tilton Memorial Library

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Trinity Episcopal Church (New Orleans, La.)

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Lemann, Bernard, 1905-

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Bernard Lemann (1905- ) earned his Harvard AM 1931 and Harvard Ph.D. 1936. From the description of Student notes from fine arts courses, ca. 1930-1932. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 77064757 Bernard Lemann was born Sept. 7, 1905, in Donaldsonville, La. His parents were Ferdinand Bernard Lemann (a merchant and sugar planter) and Mathile Madeleine Frank Lemann. He married Eleanor Jane Terhune in 1945; they had two children, John Ferdinand and Jeremy. Bernard Lemann...