Historical Marker

Colonel Short’s Villa

Historical marker location:
1448 Fourth Street, New Orleans, Louisiana
( Marker is on Fourth Street near Prytania Street.)
Marker installed: 1978

Louisiana was originally a French colony, named after King Louis XIV of France. The area was first explored by the French explorer Rene-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, in 1682.
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