See New Orleans' historic Lafayette Cemetery and learn its history. Founded in 1832, the cemetery contained mass graves in the early days, due to the fierce epidemics of Yellow Fever that struck New Orleans in the cemetery's first 20 years. One of the main ingredients to our tombs was mud: stucco cement walls over clay bricks. We'll get into all the details of our tomb construction and burial methods on the tour! 

We'll share that the cultures who settled this uptown neighborhood were very different from the French Quarter Creoles, giving the neighborhood its own unique architectural flavor. We'll see the architecture, revealing popular styles from the 1800s such as Italianate, Queen Anne, and Greek Revival, while showcasing some strange and unusual exceptions.