Byrd Residence

Historical marker location:

1738-40 Terpsichore Street, New Orleans, Louisiana

( Marker is on Terpsichore Street near Robert C. Blakes Sr. Drive, on the left when traveling north.)

Louisiana was briefly an independent republic. After declaring independence from Spain in 1810, a group of Louisianans established the Republic of West Florida, which included parts of what is now Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama. However, the republic was short-lived, as it was quickly annexed by the United States.