The story
Founded by Philip Werlein in 1842 and in New Orleans since 1850; the Canal Street store sold instruments to generations of musicians until the firm's 2003 liquidation.
Everything that was here
- 1905–2003
Werlein's for MusicSpecialty Store
The music house that pirated "Dixie."
See the map in 1906 →
Connected places
Michigan Theatre
Detroit, MI
Louis Armstrong connection
Tipitina's
New Orleans, LA
Connected history
Preservation Hall
New Orleans, LA
Connected history
Explore the full web of connections on the map.
Nearby history
D.H. Holmes Department Store
819 Canal Street · 199 m away
The clock from A Confederacy of Dunces.
Gus Mayer
800 Canal Street · 224 m away
Gus Mayer's new $1 million Canal Street store opened September 19, 1949, with a fountain of live goldfish in the Patio R
Maison Blanche
901 Canal Street · 326 m away
Home of Mr. Bingle and radio station WSMB.
S.H. Kress
923 Canal Street · 365 m away
The 1913 Canal Street Kress store is now part of the Ritz-Carlton hotel footprint, with its front facade kept and the in
La Louisiane Hotel
725 Iberville Street · 372 m away
Brennan's Restaurant
417 Royal Street · 410 m away
Know something about Werlein's for Music? An old photo, a date, a memory of what stood here before?
Add it on the map