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The Creoles who lived in the Vieux Carre’ and Faubourgs Marigny and St. John didn’t like Americans much. The Americans were usually of British descent, Protestant, and English was their primary language. This social separation led to the Americans settling into town in their own neighborhoods just upriver (“uptown”) from the Vieux Carre. The main “American” neighborhoods were Faubourg Ste. Marie and the Cities of Lafayette and Carrollton. The working-class immigrants settled into the area close to the river, while those with some money purchased property off of St. Charles Avenue, where they built houses with English-style front lawns and formal gardens. This “Garden District” has some of the finest antebellum architecture remaining in the city.
Of course, all these immigrants needed places to bury their dead, so cemeteries began to be developed.
Lafayette No. One
Lafayette No. Two
St. Joseph No. One and Two
St. Vincent
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