Fort Pike Restoration – New Orleans LA

City:
New Orleans, LA

Site Type:
Archaeology and History, Historical Restoration

New Deal Agencies:
Work Relief Programs, Works Progress Administration (WPA)

Started:
1935

Completed:
1937

Quality of Information:
Moderate

Site Survival:
Extant

Description

WPA photos and captions from the 1930s show that the WPA helped restore the historic Fort Pike site in the 1930s. The 1938 WPA guide to the city of New Orleans describes the site:

“Fort Pike, 36.1 m., occupies the site of a fortification built by Spanish Governor Carondelet, in 1793. The present fort was constructed under Andrew Jackson (1814) and later occupied by Confederates, but so far as is known no engagement ever took place here. Massive ramparts and winding passages lend a feudal atmosphere. Fort Pike was rehabilitated in 1935 and is now maintained as a State park.” (New Orleans City Guide)

Source notes

New Orleans city guide, written and compiled by the Federal Writers' Project of the Works Progress Administration for the city of New Orleans https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:FortPikeWPA19373.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:FortPikeWPA19376.jpg https://louisdl.louislibraries.org/cdm/singleitem/collection/LWP/id/4151/rec/3 National Archives and Records Administration, Records of the Work Projects Administration, Information Service, Primary File, 1936-42, Box 15, Folder 290-B. Old New Orleans website

Site originally submitted by Brent McKee - wpatoday.org on March 24, 2015.

Location Info


Fort Pike State Historic Site
New Orleans, LA 70129
Orleans County

Coordinates: 30.166246, -89.737116

Contribute to this Site

We welcome contributions of additional information on any New Deal site.

Submit More Information or Photographs for this New Deal Site

Join the Conversation

Please note:

  • We are not involved in the management of New Deal sites and have no information about visits, hours or rentals.
  • This page shows all the information we have for this site; if you have new information or photos to share, click the button above.

Your email address will not be published, shared, or sold.

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

Contribute to this Site

We welcome contributions of additional information on any New Deal project site.

Submit More Information or Photographs for this New Deal Site

Join the Conversation

Please note:

  • We are not involved in the management of New Deal sites and have no information about visits, hours or rentals.
  • This page shows all the information we have for this site; if you have new information or photos to share, click the button above.

Your email address will not be published, shared, or sold.

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.