Jackson Square in One Quarter French ~ a Touch of History

Jackson Square in New Orleans, Real Life

At its founding, New Orleans was little more than a French trading camp.  A few years later, it was organized into a formal colony and then city blocks were created with streets that ran along and perpendicular to the Mississippi river.  The city's common area, known then as the Place D'Arms, was used as a sort of multi-purpose area.  It was a public square, open-air market, military training ground and there was a church (now St. Louis Cathedral) as well as the governor's mansion (the Cabildo).



Andrew Jackson historic statue
in Jackson Square, New Orleans



The Place D'Arms was renamed to Jackson Square in honor of the hero of the Battle of New Orleans, Andrew Jackson, and the historic statue is now a favored attraction in the French Quarter and long considered the "heart" of the area.

The Square faces the Mississippi River and is surrounded by History.  St. Louis Cathedral perhaps being the most prominent.  Shops, museums, coffee houses, clubs, and restaurants greet visitors  from all over the world and delight locals as well. 

And of course, the French Quarter is a place of mystery and intrigue.  Peek inside the fence and you might be able to find a small dent in one of the iron bars.  It is said that once, a scorned woman waited inside the square to murder her husband.  The ball that shot from her musket missed, hitting the bar of the fence instead, and he escaped unharmed.

Jackson Square in One Quarter French, New Orleans, Second Life

Our Second Life version of Jackson Square is not without charm.  Come sit in the shade of our oak trees, drop a Linden in the fountain and make a wish (all donations go toward the maintenance of our beautiful Sim), or curl up with a lover at the base of the statue for a photo.  We hope you'll find the the history here as charming as the Real Life French Quarter's.