1026 Conti Street- Home of EJ Bellocq & Norma Wallace- The Last Madam

1026 Conti Street- Historical Renovations

In a place rich in history, 1026 Conti Street has left its mark in one of the oldest and most interesting places in New Orleans, LA. Located just inside the French Quarter, 1026 Conti Street has become a historical landmark since it’s erection in 1830.

Over the past 180 plus years, 1026 Conti Street has been the home of New Orleans most interesting and influential characters. Through the turn of the century to 1911, 1026 Conti Street was the childhood home of one Ernest J. Bellocq. Bellocq was a prominent New Orleans photographer and was later more famous for the resurrection of photographs taken of the women of Storyville, New Orleans' historic legalized red-light district. Born in 1873 to an aristocratic, white Creole family, Bellocq and his brother Leo, who would later become a Jesuit priest, spent their childhood in and later owned 1026 Conti until they sold the property in 1911 for $9,880.

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