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.