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Toby's CornerPhoto: Reading Tom, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Stop 7 of 8 · Garden District Walking Tour

The Wheelwright Who Got Here First

Toby's Corner, New Orleans

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The story

You're on Prytania Street, at its corner with First Street, and the Greek Revival house on this corner has a name older than most of the neighborhood around it.

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New Orleans · 8 stops · 54 min · 1.3 mi

  1. Lafayette Cemetery No. 11

    Lafayette Cemetery No. 1

    The Judge Behind the Wall    Photo: MusikAnimal, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
  2. Commander's Palace2

    Commander's Palace

    The Saloon That Became Commander's Palace    Photo: Bobak Ha'Eri, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
  3. Briggs-Staub House3

    Briggs-Staub House

    The House That Skipped the Columns    Photo: APK, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
  4. Colonel Short's Villa4

    Colonel Short's Villa

    An Iron Cornfield on Fourth Street    Photo: Elisa.rolle, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
  5. 5

    Brevard-Rice House

    The Girl Named Howard Comes Home
  6. Payne-Strachan House6

    Payne-Strachan House

    The Last Guest on First Street    Photo: APK, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
  7. Toby's Corner7You're here

    Toby's Corner

    The Wheelwright Who Got Here First    Photo: Reading Tom, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
  8. Buckner Mansion8

    Buckner Mansion

    A Mansion Built to Beat a Rival    Photo: APK, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Sources

Written from public sources, every claim checked against them, narrated by a synthetic voice.

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