United States Custom House (New Orleans) - Building Facts

Building Facts

  • Architect: Alexander T. Wood, principal
  • Construction Dates: 1848-1881
  • Landmark Status: National Historic Landmark
  • Location: 423 Canal Street
  • Architectural Style: Modified Greek/Egyptian Revival
  • Primary Materials: Gray Massachusetts granite over a steel frame, with a cast-iron entablature
  • Prominent Feature: Marble Hall

Read more about this topic:  United States Custom House (New Orleans)

Famous quotes containing the words building and/or facts:

    “A truly great book should be read in youth, again in maturity and once more in old age, as a fine building should be seen by morning light, at noon and by moonlight.”
    —Robertson Davies (b. 1913)

    “It is not the simple statement of facts that ushers in freedom; it is the constant repetition of them that has this liberating effect. Tolerance is the result not of enlightenment, but of boredom.”
    —Quentin Crisp (b. 1908)