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Photo courtesy of Elizabeth \"Gidget\" McDougal, Tourist Director at St. Bernard Parish…

A brown historical marker titled "Site of DE LA RONDE HOUSE" describes the 1805 house built by Pierre Denis de la Ronde, used as a British hospital during the 1815 Battle of New Orleans.

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Do You Know What it Means

Photo courtesy of Elizabeth "Gidget" McDougal, Tourist Director at St. Bernard Parish Tourist Commission: DelaronDesign - Delaron House Ruins on St. Bernard Highway - the last above-ground structure that exists from the Battle of New Orleans, taken in 2005

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Item 26160

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“Photo courtesy of Elizabeth \"Gidget\" McDougal, Tourist Director at St. Bernard Parish…,” Hurricane Digital Memory Bank, accessed November 3, 2026, https://hurricanearchive.org/items/show/26160.