Show 44 napoleon house honors disputed bitter battle waged by two now new orleans factions faction new orleans two old land marks to new orleans vieux carre ore are waging a bitter battle to win the distinction of being erected a century and a quarter ago as an ref for the emperor napoleon decision glyen given recently by his ul borlan stanley clisby arthur to a dilapidated little known place at BU chartres street treet shorn ahorn of its ita decorative iron work Is ii being hotly contested by the numerous niini fang fana of the conj recognized girod house at the corner of chartres chartre and st louis creet beautifully proportioned appropriately fitted and topped by an imposing belvedere arthur claims the alrod house bouse was wa not built until nine years after the little emperors death while leGen gen allison own owen peer among new orleans orlean creole architects contends that recently discovered features give the alrod house definite nito connection lection with the colorful bonapart lot episode in new orleans history when a group of new Orl orleans eaas loy oy allsy under tinder the leadership of dominic domlnic you tou lieutenant of pirates projected an expedition to rescue napoleon from st helena the united states commission for the survey of historic buildings apparently patently ly lias has sided bided with the girod haume houw advocates because Ichard Ill It chard ir PL koch architect supervisor of the government studies has preserved in photographs and sketch every d do 0 tall of the architectural beauty of the favorite it seems now as an if the local flout ere era of tradition are making a determined ter mined sally against everything having to do ith napoleon in bew forhans they recently published an elaborate statement to proe that the famous new orleans death anak of napoleon reposing in a place of honor in the cabildo museum along with doctor tie the donor who to tave rave been napoleons po leons physician at the time of his death both are fakes een the names of the napoleonic streets to in uptown new orleans Orlean have shave suffered from the of at those who apparently have no respect for the memory of Nn napoleon the streets for five blocks on each side of napoleon avenue were named for the conquerors famous hartlep hatt lep hut but street right next to napoleon avenue has been hanged charged to general pershing |