Historical Marker
Valentine Residence
Historical marker location:
825 Vallette Street, Algiers, Louisiana
( Marker is on Vallette Street north of Homer Street, on the left when traveling north.)
Marker installed: 2002
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.