This new area included the plantation of Bernard de Marigny who inherited this property in 1800 from his father, Pierre Phillipe de Marigny de Mandeville. This section of New Orleans, known as the Marigny, currently runs from Esplanade Avenue to Franklin Avenue. The Faubourg Marigny, the maze of New Orleans, comprises of angular streets that form triangles, pentagons, and squares set at 45 degree angles.
Numbers jump their sequence mid-block and so do street names.
For example, Bourbon becomes Pauger in the middle of the block. Creole cottages abound this area and so do buildings dating back from this influx into this section. 1810 dates back to the earliest year that a building contract can be found for the Marigny. Spanish, French, Free People of Color, Italians, Germans, and Irish were among the first ethnic inhabitants to live in this section of the city. Many Free Women of Color owned property in the Marigny.