From the outside, looking in.

Marie Laveau

Marie Laveau

This greek revivial tomb is reputed burial place of the notorious "Voodoo Queen". A mystic cult, voodooism, of African origin, was brought to this city from Santo Domingo and flourished in 19th Centery. Marie Laveau was the most widely known of many practitioners of the cult.

Old Vault

Orleans Battalion of Artillery
Within this Burial Memorial rest some of the gallant defenders of New Orleans. Members of the Battalion which fought with honor on the plains of chalmette on January 8, 1815 against the British Invaders.

Date of Construction is unknown. Restored in 1974.
 

"oven" Vaults

To the left, along the aisle, is a row of burial crypts which also serve as the wall of the cemetery on Basin Street. Because of their arched shape they were commonly known as "oven" vaults.

Constructed probably in the middle of the nineteenth century these vaults are historically significant for their efficient use of the land and because they foreshadowed the modern mausoleum which has become popular in the middle of the twentieth century.

The location of these vaults was once the center of the cemetery which originally included what is now Basin St.

Preservation of these vaults was made possible by a grant from Acme Marble and Granite Company, New Orleans, Louisiana.

1977
New Orleans Archidocesan Cemeteries

To the memory of those who fell in the Battle of New Orleans January 8, 1815.

Erected by the LA Society U.S.D. 1776 - 1812