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.
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.


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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