- New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park
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New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park
Perseverance Hall No. 4
Location: New Orleans, Louisiana, United States Coordinates: 29°57′47″N 90°4′5″W / 29.96306°N 90.06806°WCoordinates: 29°57′47″N 90°4′5″W / 29.96306°N 90.06806°W Area: 4 acres (16,000 m²) Visitation: 40,242 (2005) Governing body: National Park Service NRHP Reference#: 01000277 Added to NRHP: October 2, 1973 New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park is a U.S. National Historical Park in the Treme neighborhood of New Orleans, Louisiana, near the French Quarter. It was created in 1994 to celebrate the origins and evolution of jazz, America’s most widely-recognized genre of music.
The park consists of 4 acres (16,000 m2) within Louis Armstrong Park leased by the National Park Service. The park has an office, visitors center, and concert venue several blocks away in the French Quarter. It provides a setting to share the cultural history of the people and places that helped shape the development and progression of jazz in New Orleans. The park preserves information and resources associated with the origins and early development of jazz through interpretive techniques designed to educate and entertain.
Perseverance Hall No. 4
Park sign at French Quarter visitors center.
Main article: Perseverance Hall No. 4The centerpiece of the site is Perseverance Hall No. 4. Originally a Masonic Lodge, it was built between 1819 and 1820, making it the oldest Masonic temple in Louisiana.
Perseverance Hall was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on October 2, 1973. The entire National Historical Park was administratively listed on the Register on the date of its authorization, October 31, 1994.
References
General references:
- The National Parks: Index 2001–2003. Washington: U.S. Department of the Interior
Specific references:
External links
- Official NPS website
- Archived NPS website, with more information about the structures and history of the park
- New Orleans Jazz NHP - Evolution of the Jazz Complex, a 2001 article from Vol. 24, No. 2 of the NPS Cultural Resource Management magazine
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Full Alphabetical ListCategories:- National Historical Parks of the United States
- National Register of Historic Places in Louisiana
- Parks in New Orleans, Louisiana
- Jazz organizations
- Culture of New Orleans, Louisiana
- History of New Orleans, Louisiana
- Protected areas established in 1994
- United States National Park Service areas in Louisiana
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