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This document indexes, by street address, the collection of building plans in the City
Archives at the New Orleans Public Library. Most of these plans were transferred to
the Archives by the Plan Processing Section of the Dept. of Safety and Permits
starting in 1974. Additional plans came from the Vieux Carre Commission, other
municipal agencies, Civil Court suit records, and other miscellaneous sources.
In this finding aid, the individual plans are listed in alphabetical order by name of
fronting street and then in numerical order by street address. Entries are in the
following format:
- Street Name, Street Address
- Exact addresses are not shown on some plans. In such cases bounding streets
are listed. Individual buildings within larger groupings usually are listed under a form
of corporate address (e.g., Tulane University Campus is the address for individual
structures on the uptown campus and most Louisiana World Exposition properties are
listed at 805 Convention Center Boulevard). For a very few plans, no fronting street is
indicated; in those instances the plans are listed in a separate "Miscellaneous"
grouping.
- Name or Type of Building
- Buildings are listed under formal or informal names (e.g., Maison Blanche) when
possible. When such names are not shown on the plans, or could not readily be
identified, the listing is by building type (e.g., two story commercial building).
- Nature of Work
- This field is used to identify work other than original construction (i.e.,
renovation). In some cases the nature of work is indicated along with the name or
type of building. For some plans incomplete information was entered in this field. For
example, a surname probably indicates the name of the property owner.
- Date
- Exact date of approval by Plan Processing is shown when indicated on the plan.
If the date was taken from the plan itself ("date drawn"), in most cases the year only is
listed.
- Building Permit Number
- Generally included when shown on the plan for identification purposes only. In
most cases letter prefixes have been omitted. Plans received from the Vieux Carre
Commission, which do not have final permit numbers, have "VCC" in the permit
number field.
- Architect or Engineer
- Complete identification of all project participants is not necessarily indicated.
- Filing Number
- Plans with unprefixed numbers 450 or lower are on microfilm under call
number
KJG620. All other plans must be retrieved from storage by a staff member.
Plans are available for review in the Louisiana Division reading room. In order to
assure availability we strongly advise that patrons call ahead and speak to an
archivist. Plans may not be copied on photocopy machines in the Library, nor
may patrons check them out directly. For further information on copying plans, please
consult with an archivist.
Most of the plans in this collection are blueprints or blue line prints. Several are
original drawings and are so identified. Additional building plans and other
architectural drawings may be found in the James Dakin Collection, the
McDonogh
Schools Plan Collection, and in the Louisiana Map Collection. For additional
information on those collections, patrons should consult with an archivist.
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