Cabildo, The (New Orleans, La.)

found: Work cat.: Children's visitor's guide, Louisiana, Cabildo, 200-:p. 1 (the Cabildo; building was built over 200 years ago when Louisiana was owned by Spain) back cover (Louisiana State Museum buildings)

found: Louisiana State Museum home page, Oct. 28, 2008:properties/The Cabildo (The Cabildo, 701 Chartres St., New Orleans, LA; a National Historic Landmark; the flagship building of the Louisiana State Museum historical museum complex, the Cabildo was constructed in 1795-99 as the seat of the Spanish municipal government in New Orleans. The name of the governing body who met there was the "Illustrious Cabildo" or city council. Over the years, the building also served as the home of the Louisiana Supreme Court; it was est. as the home of the Louisiana State Museum in 1911)

found: Wikipedia, Oct. 28, 2008(The Cabildo was the seat of colonial government in New Orleans, Louisiana, and is now a museum; the original Cabildo was destroyed in the Great New Orleans Fire (1788); rebuilt between 1795-99 as the home of the Spanish municipal government in New Orleans; was the site of the Louisiana Purchase transfer ceremonies in 1803, and continued to be used by the New Orleans city council until the mid 1850s; building's main hall, the Sala Capitular ("Capitol Room"), was originally utilized as a courtroom. The Spanish used the courtroom from 1799-1803, and from 1803-1812 it was used by the Louisiana territorial superior court. After the American Civil War, it was the home of the Louisiana Supreme Court from 1868-1910; became the home of the Louisiana State Museum in 1911; declared a National Historic Landmark in 1960)

found: GNIS, Oct. 28, 2008(Cabildo, building, built 1795, county: Orleans, state: La., 29°57ʹ28ʺN 090°03ʹ50ʺW)

found: Lists of National Historic Landmarks, via National Park Service National Historic Landmarks Program Web site, Oct. 28, 2008(Cabildo, The; New Orleans, Orleans Parish, La.) online database (Cabildo (The). Resource type: Building. Property type: Government - capitol. Constructed in 1795, this structure, the most important surviving monument of the period of Spanish domination in the territory, originally housed the administrative and legislative council which ruled Spanish Louisiana)