Dancehalls in Orleans Parish

Perseverance Masonic Lodge No. 4

From the New Orleans Jazz History Treme/ Vieux Carre/Storyville Walking Tour brochure: Armstrong Park: “The Perseverance Masonic Lodge No. 4 building, positioned at the former corner of St. Claude & Dumain Streets (now in Armstrong Park), is arguably the oldest Masonic structure in the Mississippi Valley, and the existing hall seems to have incorporated large parts of buildings dated as early as 1810. It has a now-rare raised bandstandand was the site of much music.” 1958 photo of the Perseverance Hall’s exterior is in the Ralston Crawford Jazz Photography collection in the Hogan Jazz Archive at Tulane University http://cdm16313.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/singleitem/collection/p16313coll4/id/251/rec/5 ...

Pete Herman’s Club

942 Conti Street: From the New Orleans Jazz History Treme/ Vieux Carre/Storyville Walking Tour brochure: “Tango Belt fixture whose name has changed many times over the years, including the Ringside CafŽ, the Plantation club, and possibly the Orchard, and the Black Orchid. Herman, whose real name was Peter Gulotta, was twice the world bantamweight boxing champion, and for a time was married to (famed madam) Norma Wallace. For a while she operated her business in the rooms above the nightclub.” ...

Pete Lala’s CafŽe

1900s era Storyville Jazz club on west corner of Iberville & Marais: across from Rice’s Cafe Map at : http://webpages.charter.net/davidmmiller/neworleans.htm ...

Pete’s Blue Heaven Lounge

449 S. Rampart Street: From the New Orleans Jazz History Business District/Back o’ Town Walking Tour brochure: “This prominent corner also earlier housed Frank Douroux’s Little Gem Saloon and was often both a starting and ending place for Zulu Social Aid and Pleasure Club funerals.” ...

Pickwick Club

1030 Canal Street: From the New Orleans Jazz History Canal Street Walking Tour brochure: “Canal StreetThis clubÕs design was based on a Venetian Palazzo prototype by Shepley, Routan and Coolidge in 1896. It had a Turkish lounge and a roof garden. Its three-term president, music store impressario Philip Werlein, III, undoubtably made sure that the latest inNew Orleans music was played on the premises. The building has now been heavily modified.” ...

Pier 600

From the New Orleans Jazz History Central Vieux Carre Walking Tour brochure: 600 Bourbon Street: “Starting as Dan’s International Settlement Club in the 1950’s and ending as Dan’s Bateau Lounge in the 1960’s, this location was also Dan’s Pier 600 in between. Proprietor Dan Levy showcased Jack Bachman, Lester Bouchon, and Len Ferguson at the first, and Pete Fountain, Al Hirt, Bob Havens, and Godfrey Hirsch, at the second.” ...

Pig Ankle

1900s era Storyville Jazz club on south side of Franklin between Bienville & Iberville:down the block from Frank Early’s Saloon: Map at : http://webpages.charter.net/davidmmiller/neworleans.htm ...

Pigpen

From the New Orleans Jazz History Decatur Street/ Vieux Carre Walking Tour brochure: “Originally the fashionable Ursuline Row designed by Gurlie and Guillot c.1831, the Decatur St. nightclub area came about because of the French Market, the demise of the Gallatin St. district, the derelict nature of the lower French Quarter in the early 1900s, and the closeness to the wharves. By the 1930’s the street had many bars and small dance halls with jazz bands. This club was one of that number.” ...

Plaza Theater

From the New Orleans Jazz History Canal Street Walking Tour brochure: 841 Canal Street: “Local theater featuring movies and local music. Mary Nadal, later the wife of Robert Hoffman, accompanied silent pictures here with a piano equipped with an ÒOrgatronÓ device that converted its sound to an organ.” Central Business District theater that featured minstrel shows, ragtime, vaudeville, and jazz: ...