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[St. Louis 1] is the mother cemetery … the Vieux Carré of the dead; as confused and closely packed a quarter as the living metropolis…

Welcome to NOLA Dead Space

This web site presents the research and recent tomb and site preservation work at St. Louis Cemetery No. 1 in New Orleans, Louisiana. It has been designed and produced by the Architectural Conservation Laboratory and Research Center of the Graduate Program in Historic Preservation at the University of Pennsylvania.

4 Levels of Information

Each level presents multiple pages of information under five topics – History, Maps, Site Thru Time, The Project and Resources. Enjoy,and feel free to contact us with new ideas, corrections or additional information.

Just for Fun! Project headlines, key findings and fun activities
Take a Tour through the information with maps and images
More Information includes detailed articles providing greater depth
Data & Docs includes downloadable documents and project source files.
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