 urn right on Dauphine, crossing the street in the process. Approximately halfway down the block opposite Washington Square at 2111 is the lovely: - Claiborne House. This Greek Revival center-hall two-story mansion was built for Governor Claiborne's son W.C.C. Claiborne Jr in 1859. The house is a plastered-brick structure with a classic Greek Revival floorplan and exterior. The first floor level has a recessed entrance that is framed by pilasters, sidelights and transoms, and there are four shuttered windows. The second floor has five windows, a beautiful wrought-iron balcony, and a denticulated cornice with low parapet. A large two-story brick kitchen extends along one side of the lot in the rear, and is connected to the main house at the second floor level by a gallery extension. The interior still features the original moldings and medallions, as well as the handsome staircase in the rear of the house.
Next door to the Claiborne House is an interesting little early brick Creole cottage at 2119. It looks to have been recently restored to something more closely resembling its original appearance, and is a welcome addition to this area. At 2127 Dauphine is the:
- Hughes House, a late Classic-style frame townhouse built in 1869 by Lewis Schermann and for owner David Hughes. The facade was finished with tongue-and-groove cypress planking, which simulated a plaster finish. Today it is covered with weatherboarding. A balcony is located on the second floor level, with four square columns and cast-iron railing, and a heavy cornice embellishes the roofline. The interior floorplan is designed in the usual townhouse fashion, with double parlors flanking the long side hall. The property once featured a brick alleyway and yard, a 3,000-gallon cistern, a kitchen, privies, and an 8-foot high "featheredged board fence". Cross the double-wide Elysian Fields Avenue to the building on the righthand corner. This is the:
- Lizardi Building, 2204-12 Dauphine, a two-story plastered brick store-house with a fine
cast-iron gallery wrapped around the sides. Reminiscent of the French Quarter in its style, and similar to the previously-mentioned Giguel Building, the building has cast-iron balcony supports and a massive parapet with stringcourses along the Elysian Fields side. The second story of the building, which was probably used as a residence, has unusual height for this type of structure. The building was built between 1844-1857 by the Lizardi family, and later purchased by W.C.C. Claiborne Jr in 1857. From here, walk down Elysian Fields Ave toward the river (the addresses decrease in number) until you get to number 707, on the corner of Royal Street. This three-story Creole-style store-house is the:
- Nolting Building. It was constructed in the mid-1850s by Ferdinand Nolting in the early Classic style with massive granite pillars between casement windows at the first level, and an impressive second-level cast-iron gallery with cresting and banding. The gallery is supported by slender cast-iron colonnettes at the ground level, forming a covered walkway for pedestrians. There are living quarters on the second floor
with full-length openings on both sides facing the streets, and the roofline is finished with bands of molding and dentils. The structure has been restored to a similar facsimile of the original design, and the detached service building on Elysian Fields is now connected to the main building. On the opposite corner of Royal at 635 Elysian Fields is the:
- Nolting Bakery building. The two-story plastered-brick commercial building dates from the 1830s, when it was built by Ferdinand Nolting and established as a bakery. Nolting used the second floor as his residence while he operated the bakery. The first floor exterior is rather plain, as is the second level, but both have full-length openings, and a denticulated cornice all around completes the structure. There may have been a second floor balcony at one time, as indicated by these full-length openings and the partial balcony section remaining on the Royal Street side. Conrad Gross bought the building in 1873 and established a branch of his own bakery here. Turn left here and walk down Royal Street. At 2231 and 2237 are the:
- Robertson Houses.
Each house was designed in a totally different style and were built in different years, but both were constructed on a group of lots that Richard Lamb Robertson acquired after 1832. The three-bay house at 2231 was designed in the Greek Revival style, with a raised basement and central carriageway, and featured one unusual element: both the front gallery and basement levels are enclosed by a solid wall extension to either side. Front brick pillars frame the facade on either side, while two wood Doric columns are placed in-between them. A full entablature and single dormer graces the low hipped roof. The building at 2237 is a three-bay two-story townhouse with a complete cast-iron gallery at the second level. Built after 1848 by Robertson, the house has a recessed Greek key side entranceway, box cornice above the gallery, and full-length openings on the second level. Across the street from here at 2216 is the:
- Petit House, a four-bay galleried frame double shotgun designed in the Greek Revival style also. It was built for Jean Petit about 1850. The house is an outstanding example of the galleried shotgun style
of New Orleans, complete with Greek key entrances, five box columns supporting a box cornice with dentils, and parapet above. The lovely cast-iron gallery and fence compliment the entire structure. Continue to the end of the block, and the corner building that you see here at 704 Marigny is a fine example of a:
- Creole store-house. The two-story corner structure features a wraparound cast-iron gallery at the second level supported by slender cast-iron colonettes, with covered walkway beneath. This type of intricate gallery with its vining motif is particularly lovely, and combined with an iron cornice above, enhances the look of the building. The ground floor entranceway on Marigny has a Greek key surround topped by a dentiled cornice. The first floor is finished with plastered brick, and the second floor is of frame construction. The building probably dates from the mid to late 19th century.
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