As most tourists in New Orleans, we spent quite a bit of time walking in both the French Quarter and the Garden District. The two areas have very distinct personalities which you'll see more clearly in later posts, but there are beautiful wrought iron fences in both.
Interestingly, both districts have a cornstalk fence. The one in the French Quarter sits in front of The Cornstalk Hotel, and was erected in 1840. According to a tour guide we overheard, the same story about the owner building the fence to ease his wife's homesickness for her home state of Iowa is told about both fences. I think this one is more beautiful because of the painted posts and gorgeous gate.
The mansion in the Garden District was built in 1860. The fence was created by the same company that built the fence in the French Quarter.
There's one other cornstalk fence. It was built 1858 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Linking up, as always, with Helena and off to see what other SNAP offerings there are this week.
