Upper Pontabla Building

Historical marker location:

500 St. Peter Street, New Orleans, Louisiana

( Marker is on St. Peter Street south of Chartres Street, on the left when traveling north.)

Marker installed: 1975

Pontabla Buildings National Historic Landmark.

Louisiana was a slave state before the American Civil War, and the state played a significant role in the Civil War. The Battle of Port Hudson, which took place in Louisiana in 1863, was the longest siege in American history.