Located in the heart of the Garden District, Lafayette Cemetery No. 1 is the oldest of the seven municipal, city-operated cemeteries in New Orleans. It is a non-segregated, non-denominational cemetery. There are immigrants from over 25 different countries and natives of 26 states as identified on the closure tablets.
Originally laid out with two center aisles in a cruciform (cross) pattern, and lined with trees to give it a park or garden-like appearance. The avenues between the trees divide the cemetery into four sections. These tree shaded avenues were originally paved with shells and designed to accommodate funeral processions.
There are about 1,100 family tombs and more than 7,000 people buried in Lafayette I, a single city block.
These photos were taken on a grey November afternoon as the cemetery was closing for the night.
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