The story
Founded 1842, on Canal Street from 1849, the largest department store in the South by 1900; sold to Dillard's in 1989; now the Hyatt French Quarter with an Ignatius Reilly statue under the clock.
Everything that was here
- 1849–1989
D.H. Holmes Department StoreDepartment Store
The clock from A Confederacy of Dunces.
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Nearby history
Gus Mayer
800 Canal Street · 29 m away
Maison Blanche
901 Canal Street · 129 m away
Home of Mr. Bingle and radio station WSMB.
S.H. Kress
923 Canal Street · 170 m away
Werlein's for Music
605 Canal Street · 199 m away
The music house that pirated "Dixie."
Saenger Theatre
1111 Canal Street · 246 m away
150 ceiling lights arranged as the night sky's constellations.
Southern Railway Terminal
1125 Canal Street · 250 m away
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