House Spotting on Laux Manor Drive

Laux Manor Drive, located near Airline Highway in Jefferson Parish, features a number of early Curtis and Davis designs. The firm's twenty-three FHA residences for developer Fred C. Loucks received a First Prize Award from the Gulf States Region of the American Institute of Architects. Early reports touted Laux Manor as the city's first fully air-conditioned subdivision.(1)

John W. Coffman, Jr. Residence (1953)
4 Laux Manor Drive
Architects: Curtis and Davis

Milton Breeding Residence (1953)
5 Laux Manor Drive
Architects: Curtis and Davis

Stanley Masson Residence (1953)
6 Laux Manor Drive
Architects: Curtis and Davis

Claude L. Kramer Residence (1953)
7 Laux Manor Drive
Architects: Curtis and Davis

Richard Souce Residence (1953)
9 Laux Manor Drive
Architects: Curtis and Davis

Charles Quinn Residence (1953)
10 Laux Manor Drive
Architects: Curtis and Davis

John T. Carson Residence (1953)
11 Laux Manor Drive
Architects: Curtis and Davis

Mahlon "Mel" Leavitt Residence (1953)
13 Laux Manor Drive
Architects: Curtis and Davis

James Cox Residence  (1953)
14 Laux Manor Drive
Architects: Curtis and Davis

Harvey T. Zammit Residence (1953)
16 Laux Manor Drive
Architects: Curtis and Davis

Lowell McKee Residence (1953)
18 Laux Manor Drive
Architects: Curtis and Davis

Chris Dobard Residence (1953)
20 Laux Manor Drive
Architects: Curtis and Davis

(1)"Laux Manor, New Orleans First All Air-Conditioned Subdivision Opens." The Times-Picayune 7 June 1953.

Image above:  Curtis and Davis, architects. John W. Coffman, Jr. Residence. 4 Laux Manor Drive, New Orleans, LA. Google Street View June 2014.

House Spotting near Bancroft Drive

Guarino, Salvador and Hill Residences (1955-57)
3624, 3636 & 3640 Havana Street
Developer: Ed. J. Hernand, Jr. [Builder possibly Fred C. Loucks]

Armond Cobb Residence (1957-58)
2 Park Island Drive
Architect: Leon F. Dufrechou

Harry R. Cabral Jr. Residence (1960)
21 Park Island Drive
Architect: Charles J. Rowe

Adrian C. Sunkel Residence  ["Ashtray" House] (1961-62)
28 Park Island Drive
Architect:  Albert C. Ledner

Dixon Residence  (By 1962)
6421 St. Bernard Avenue
Architect unknown

Leonie Galatoire Residence (1964-66)
11 Park Island Drive
Architect: Albert C. Ledner

Charles Rowe Residence (1967)
5324 St. Bernard Avenue
Architects:  Saputo & Rowe

Samuel Leonard Residence ["Cointreau" House]  (1972-73)
9 Park Island Drive
Architect: Albert C. Ledner

Images above:  Charles Rowe, architect. Harry R. Cabral, Jr. Residence, 21 Park Island Drive, New Orleans, LA. Google Street View May 2015.

"Park Island Home Construction." Chamber of Commerce News Bulletin  XXVIII:38 (20 September 1957): p. 2.

House Spotting on Bancroft Drive

Bancroft Drive has some great mid-century modern residences, including the one shown above. Architect Mark Lowrey designed it for the Cabiran Family in 1957. If you are biking along this bayou artery, here are some houses to notice:

Joseph V. Gregoratti Residence (1964)
5300 Bancroft Drive
Contractor: James E. Favret & Co.

Scott Chotin Residence  (1957)
5600 Bancroft Drive
Architect: Charles J. Rowe

Jerome Goldman Residence (1957)
5724 Bancroft Drive
Architect unknown [Possibly Charles J. Rowe]

Louis R. Cabiran Residence (1961)
5730 Bancroft Drive
Architect: Mark Lowrey

Image above:  Mark Lowrey, architect. Louis R. Cabiran Residence, 5730 Bancroft Drive, New Orleans, LA. Google Street View January 2015.