Gardette - Le Pretre House
Erected 1836 for
Joseph Coulon Gardette, Dentist
Frederic Roy, Builder
The cast iron galleries were added by
Jean Baptiste Le Pretre, Planter
who purchased the house in 1839 and
owned it until 1878.
Here on June 2, 1861 part of
the captured flagstaff of Fort Sumter
sent by Gen. P.G.T. Beauregard C.S.A.
was ceremoniously presented to
The Orleans Guards
Marker is on Dauphine Street near Orleans Avenue, on the left when traveling south.
Courtesy hmdb.org
