What a wonderful idea! Has anyone ever proposed this as a possibility???? Fernin Eaton wrote: > Unfortunately the City does not honor Latrobe with a monument there. The site would be a wonderful location for a riverfront park. An architect could easily follow the rich description which Mrs. Latrobe gave in her wonderful letter home, describing the house, gardens, gallery, etc. >

The last I live in N.O. was the 70s so I don't know if it's been proposed. The good news is that the area was 'saved' from having the 'cold storage' facility shoe-horned in to that historic neighborhood. The cold storage facility is being added to the docks upriver, I believe at Henry Clay facility. As may have been pointed out, every time we see the White House on the news, we are looking at Latrobe's designs, for both the south (rounded) and north (squared) porticos, even though those designs were not incorporated until after Latrobe's death. A memorial of some part would be fitting, and what better place than where his home had stood, and where his wife, as we know from her letters, could see the St. Louis Cathedral just upriver, and presumably a good many of Latrobe's other projects. -----Original Message----- From: degruy-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:degruy-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Degruy List Administrator Sent: Saturday, June 26, 2010 5:07 PM To: GEN DEGRUY Mailing list at Rootsweb Subject: [DEGRUY] The site would be a wonderful location for a riverfront park What a wonderful idea! Has anyone ever proposed this as a possibility???? Fernin Eaton wrote: > Unfortunately the City does not honor Latrobe with a monument there. The site would be a wonderful location for a riverfront park. An architect could easily follow the rich description which Mrs. Latrobe gave in her wonderful letter home, describing the house, gardens, gallery, etc. > This is a "discussion" list. Individual messages cannot be assumed to be "fact." All data should be verified. Be Generous. Share Your Family Research. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to DEGRUY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message