Arabella Station

Arabella Station, is a historic building on Magazine Street in New Orleans, Louisiana. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on January 4, 1996. It is now a Whole Foods for Uptown New Orleans.

This article is about the building in Louisiana. For the cattle station in Queensland, see Arabella Station (Queensland).

Arabella Station
New Orleans: The Arabella Station building seen from Magazine Street. It now houses a "Whole Foods Market" store.
Arabella Station is located in East New Orleans
Arabella Station
Arabella Station is located in Louisiana
Arabella Station
Arabella Station is located in the United States
Arabella Station
Location5600 Magazine St., New Orleans, Louisiana
Coordinates29°55′14″N 90°07′03″W
Area1.7 acres (0.69 ha)
Built1893
Built byYoungstown Bridge Co.
ArchitectBrown, Linus W.
NRHP reference No.95001484[1]
Added to NRHPJanuary 4, 1996

It has also been known as Arabella Carbarn and as Upper Magazine Station/Carbarn. It was a carbarn for storage and parking of streetcars. It was designed by New Orleans city engineer Linus W. Brown. It was built by the Youngstown Bridge Co.[2]

The building now houses a Whole Foods Market, which opened in December 2002,[3] and off-street parking for the market.

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References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. Louis C. Hennick; Louisiana SHPO (March 1995). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Arabella Station / Arabella Carbarn;Upper Magazine Station/Carbarn". National Park Service. Retrieved November 9, 2018. With accompanying five photos from 1995
  3. WHOLE FOODS MARKET® ARABELLA STATION RE-OPENED TO NEW ORLEANS COMMUNITY TODAY


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