1125 St Ann St
New Orleans, LA 70116, USA

Jean Louis Rabassa House (McDonough No. 18 School Annex) - National Register of Historic Places

Statement of Significance:

The house is significant as a unique surviving example of the raised cottage type once fairly common in the areas surrounding the original City of New Orleans. Its shingled gable ends are of particular importance as is the roof form. The house was erected by Jean Louis Rabassa soon after he purchased the site from Lewis Fuller on May 17, 1825. Fuller had purchased the property in two parts, one on November 18, i8l6 and the other on October 21, 1819, both from the corporation of the City of New Orleans, Augustin Macarty, Mayor. In 1810 the city had bought the plantation of Claude Trerne'and had it subdivided into streets and building lots to which the name Faubourg Treme’ was given. The lots bought by Fuller were No.'s 6 and 7 of the original plan of this new Faubourg as laid out by Jacques Tanesse then City Surveyor, in 1812. When Rabassa sold the property in 1833 to Jean Bapiste Seraph in Cucullu, it is stated in the act of sale that the land belonged to him by his purchase from Fuller and "the buildings as having had them built.