Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve: Chalmette National Cemetery Superintendent's Lodge Historic Structure Report
2006. Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve: Chalmette National Cemetery Superintendent's Lodge Historic Structure Report. Historic Structure Report. LCS#0649562. National Park Service. Atlanta, Georgia
Built by the War Department in 1929, the Superintendent’s Lodge at Chalmette National Cemetery (hereafter referred to as Lodge) is the fourth superintendent’s residence to have served the cemetery since its founding in 1864. Occupied as a residence until 1979, the building was used as administrative offices until it was vacated as a result of flooding during Hurricane Katrina in September 2005. Greene’s 1985 Historic Resource Study and Risk’s 1999 Cultural Landscape Report for the Chalmette Unit of Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve have provided most of the background historical information. Additional archival materials, including historic photographs, building plans and specifications, and other material in the park’s archives have also informed this report. Construction of a new lodge for the superintendent at Chalmette National Cemetery was a direct result of the 1928 levee improvements that necessitated removal of the old lodge. Using an American Four Square design, plans and specifications for the new building (see Appendix A) were complete by the middle of December 1928, and the new house was completed the following year at a cost of $9,224.20. Major alterations and additions in 1934, 1951, 1952, and 1965 brought the house to its current configuration.
- Type
- Published Report
- Date of Issue
- 2006-06
- Publisher
- National Park Service
- Units
- HIST , JELA
- Keywords
- Building, Cultural Resources, ehistory, History, Lodge, Structures