[StBernard] INTERESTING

[Westley Annis]

Here's your answer...and the answer that official New Orleans tour guides
give:

There was a brothel in New Orleans. "The House Of The Rising Sun" was named
after Madame Marianne LeSoleil Levant (which means "Rising Sun" in French)
and the brothel was open for business from 1862 (occupation by Union troops)
until 1874, when it was closed due to complaints by neighbors. It was
located at 826-830 St. Louis Street.  The building is still there and is now
a residence.


- John



 

-----Original Message-----
I've had so many people up here in Nashville ask me...does New Orleans
really have a "House of the Rising Sun"?  Made popular by Eric Burdin and
the Animals...I never really knew if there was one or not...now it appears
there may have been one.  Read the entire article :-)

 

http://blog.nola.com/dougmaccash/2007/06/new_digs_for_old_things_hnoc_a.html

http://tinyurl.com/lamg7j