The Pontalba Buildings, Upper and Lower will each consist of sixteen abutting four-story townhouses. The first floor is rented for commercial spaces and the top floors become apartments. The buildings will be renovated in the 1930s and the 1990s. When she has completed her construction in New Orleans she returns to Paris and for the last 23 years of her life cares for her husband. Philanthropist Judah Touro buys a church at the corner of Canal and Bourbon to open New Orleans' first synagogue.
Today there are eight Jewish temples.
He is an outstanding citizen, businessman, lawyer and Civil War Veteran who served as district judge in the 1870s and 1880s. As an early industrialist, Gates developed a cotton seed oil business which was one of the New Iberia area's major enterprises. Medical College of Louisiana becomes the University of Louisiana. After 1881 it will be known as Tulane University. East Louisiana State Hospital, built from 1847 to 1854 as the state's first permanent facility for the care of the mentally ill.