[Dixielandjazz] Changes to Rampart Street from 1852 to 1938.

[Stephen G Barbone]

To further add to the Rampart Street Confusion, below is a listing of  
Rampart Street name changes in New Orleans from 1852 to 1938. The  
source is the New Orleans Public Library and may be viewed, with an  
explanation, at:

http://nutrias.org/%7Enopl/facts/streetnames/namesa.htm

Click the letter "R" to see changes

STREET NAME:

Rampart Street - Formerly Hercules Street - Ordinance 395 C.C.   
11/29/1852

Rampart Street North - Formerly Love Street - Ordinance 395 C.C.  
11/20/1852

Rampart Street North - Now North Rampart Avenue - Ordinance 1835  
N.C.S. 6/11/1905

Rampart Street South - From Canal to St Andrews St. - Ordinance  1835  
N.C.S. 6/11/1905

Rampart Street South - Formerly St. Denis Street - Ordinance 9411 C.S.  
9/9/1894

Rampart Street South - From St Andrew St to Nashville Ave, formerly  
Laurent  ORD. 1895 C.C. 12/14/1852

Rampart Street South - Now Daneel Street - Ordinance 6379 N.C.S.  
2/2/1910

Rampart Street South - Formerly Circus Street - Ordinance 395 C.C.  
11/20/1918


No wonder the map makers were confused. <grin> The lesson is not to  
trust the map makers I guess.

Cheers,
Steve Barbone
www.myspace.com/barbonestreetjazzband