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New Orleans Court Locations: Court of Appeals

From creation to the present

Louisiana Appellate Courts located in New Orleans

Court of Appeal, Parish of Orleans

1880 - 1910:  Presbytère, second floor, the corner of Chartres and St. Ann Streets.

1910 - 1958:  Civil Courts Building, 400 Royal Street, fourth floor. The court room was square and overlooked Conti Street, the Judges faced Chartres Street.

1959:  Civil Court Building, 421 Loyola Ave., with some judges at 234 Loyola Ave.

Court of Appeal, Fourth Circuit

1960 - 1989:  Civil Court Building, 421 Loyola Ave., with some judges at 234 Loyola Ave.

1990 - 2004: 1515 Poydras Street, 7th floor.

May 2004:  back in the Civil District Courts Building on Royal.

Civil Courts Building/ New Orleans Court Building

very old black and white photo of recently completed New Orleans Courts Building, a large 4 story beaux arts style building. Cobble streets. Streetcar poles and wires. At far left old St. Louis hotel is visible. A young boy stands behind a sign which reads keep off the Grass.

421 Loyola Ave.

1950s style block and glass building.