Armstrong Park

Public park in Tremé that holds several relocated historic buildings as well as water features and sculptures. This was the original site of Congo Square, a historic meeting place for enslaved people in the 18th and 19th centuries.  

Backstreet Cultural Museum 

The Backstreet Cultural Museum’s collections interpret the history of New Orleans’ African American community-based masking and processional traditions, including Mardi Gras Indians, jazz funerals and social aid and pleasure clubs. 

St. Augustine Catholic Church, circa 1841 

This church parish was founded by free people of color in 1841 and dedicated in 1842. St. Augustine has long been a center of cultural life in Tremé. Notably, the Jazz Masses that the congregation hosts each Sunday attract locals and visitors every week. The Tomb of the Unknown Slave is also located on the church grounds, depicting a large cross made of iron chains to commemorate those who lost their lives while enslaved. 

The Meilleur-Goldthwaite House, circa 1829 

Site of the New Orleans African American Museum. 

Marsoudet-Caruso House, circa 1846 

This center-hall American cottage has stood at its prominent location on Esplanade Avenue for nearly two centuries. After years of abandonment, a renovation transformed the structure into the headquarters for Anna’s Place — a youth program of St. Anna’s Episcopal Church — and a community center for the surrounding Tremé neighborhood. 

Straight University Boarding House and Dining Hall, circa 1871 

This Greek Revival-Italianate house served as the former Straight University Boarding House and Dining Hall, the last remaining structure associated with one of Louisiana's first African-American universities. The structure sat vacant for years and faced threats of demolition, but the Preservation Resource Center purchased and restored the structure, which is now a residential building. 

St. Peter Claver Church, circa 1920 

The parish of St. Peter Claver was founded in 1920 to serve the African-American residents in the area. The church building predates the parish, and it was designed by T. E. Giraud and built in 1852 as St. Ann’s Church. 

Degas House, circa 1850 

This Italianate house was the home of famed French impressionist painter Edgar Degas, who lived here from 1872 to 1873 and completed 18 paintings during his time in New Orleans. 

Le Musée de Free People of Color  

This museum housed in a Greek Revival home tells the history of the Free People of Color who contributed to the culture and development of New Orleans.

Benachi-Torre House, circa 1858 

This Greek Revival mansion with a park-like setting was built in 1858. 

Luling Mansion, circa 1865 

The three-story Italianate mansion once served as the "Jockey Club” for the newly established Fairgrounds racetrack in 1871 and later was converted into apartments.