Mandeville’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold only 4 old photos of Mandeville. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗In 1829, Bernard Xavier de Marigny de Mandeville (1785–1868), a New Orleans planter and legislator whose family was among the most prominent in Louisiana, purchased a large tract on the north shore east of Bayou Castine and established there a plantation he named Fontainebleau, on the site of the present Fontainebleau State Park. The tract had been granted to earlier settlers under British and Spanish rule, and Congress confirmed Marigny's title to it by a private act of March 15, 1832. In 1834, Marigny laid out a town on his lands west of the bayou and sold lots at auction in New Orleans, promoting it as a resort for city residents across the lake. Mandeville was incorporated as a town in 1840. It became a popular summer destination for well-to-do New Orleanians wishing to escape the city's heat.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Mandeville’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Mandeville’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewView Mandeville drive.Alternate T…, c. 1868: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Mandeville, decade by decade
8 historic places in Mandeville
8 places in Mandeville are on the National Register of Historic Places, the country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
Where they are
When they were listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as View Mandeville drive.Alternate Title: New Orleans and vicinity (c. 1868) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (4) and the National Register (2). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.