The Storyville District: Prostitution in New Orleans 1897-1917
The Storyville District When: c.1897-1917 Where: This Red-Light District could be found by connecting these dots.... - The 400 block of South Rampart - The Eagle Saloon: at the block’s downriver end, by Perdido Street - The Iroquois Theater: 413-415 South Rampart St. The Storyville District was a legalized prostitution district associated with the early development of New Orleans-style jazz c.1897-1917. Romanticized by early historians as "The birth-place of jazz", this red light district included brothels, bars and dance halls where jazz artists performed and socialized. 1920's the 400 block of South Rampart Street is a veritable cradle of jazz, an unmatched grouping of key sites in the music's birth. Eagle Saloon At the block’s downriver end, by Perdido Street, the father of jazz, Buddy Bolden, honed his act at the Eagle Saloon. the Iroquois Theater 413-415 South Rampart St. Up the block a bit Louis Armstrong, won a talent show — in whiteface — at the Iroquois