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Milton H. Latter Memorial Library
Milton H. Latter Memorial Library Review
A former private home now serves as the most elegant public library in New Orleans. Built in 1907 and taking up an entire city block, this Italianate-beaux arts mansion was once the home of silent-screen star Marguerite Clark. It was then purchased by the Latter family and given to the city as a library in 1948 in memory of their son, who was killed in World War II. Sit and leaf through a copy of Walker Percy's The Moviegoer or John Kennedy Toole's Confederacy of Dunces (two popular novels set in New Orleans), or just relax in a wicker chair in the solarium. This is one of the few mansions on St. Charles Avenue open to the public. Local artisans contributed the murals and carved mantels.
- Address: 5120 St. Charles Ave., Uptown, New Orleans, LA, 70115 | Map It
- Phone: 504/596-2626
- Hours: Mon. and Wed. 9--8, Tues. and Thurs. 9--6, Sat. 10--5, Sun. noon--5
- Website: www.neworleanspubliclibrary.org
- Location: Uptown
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