Description
This postcard features the Old St. Louis Hotel in New Orleans. The building was erected in the year 1836. It is now abandoned, but is opened to visitors.
Front Text (verbatim):
Old St. Louis Hotel, New Orleans, La.
Back Text (verbatim):
This building was erected in the year 1836. Statesmen. Royalty and prominent men were guests of this famous hotel. In the early seventies it was used for government purposes. The State Legislature used it as a State House. The constitutional convention of 1879 was framed in this building. The building originally cost one million and a half dollars. It is now abandoned, but is opened to visitors.
