1965 Map of Spanish Fort

About this map

Spanish Fort Ruins stand as a historical anchor along the southern shore of Lake Pontchartrain in this mid-1960s study of New Orleans. The map documents an era of significant institutional and educational expansion, featuring the Southern University (New Orleans Branch) and Louisiana State Univ (New Orleans Branch) alongside numerous parochial schools like St Joseph Academy. The shoreline is dominated by mid-century recreational and military footprints, from the amusements at Pontchartrain Beach to the sprawling Camp Leroy Johnson. Inland, the residential grids of Gentilly Terrace and Spanish Fort are densely packed with civic infrastructure, including the New Orleans Theological Seminary and a cluster of burial grounds such as Hebrew Rest Cem. The heavy industrial and transport role of the lakefront is evident in the New Orleans Lakefront Airport and the massive Inner Harbor Navigation Canal.