The story
The dignified Creole society hall where Homer Plessy was an officer and the hottest jazz bands played for $2 a night plus free food.
Everything that was here
- 1870–1963
Francs Amis HallSocial Dance Hall
The dignified Creole society hall where Homer Plessy was an officer and the hottest jazz bands played for $2 a night plus free food.
See the map in 1871 →
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