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One Shell Square
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National Register of Historic Places

One Shell Square

On the National Register since 20188 years
Listed 2018New Orleans
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About One Shell Square

One Shell Square, at 701 Poydras St., was added to the National Register of Historic Places on Oct 18, 2018. The listing covers 2 acres. 11 more Register listings are within a quarter mile.

What it isSkyscraper in New Orleans, Louisiana. From Wikidata (CC0). Read about it on Wikipedia ↗

Through the years

1972 to today

  1. 1972Built
  2. 2018Added to the National Register of Historic Places
  3. 2026On the Register for 8 years
Visit

Make it a walk: 5 landmarks in about 10 minutes

701 Poydras St., New Orleans · about 0.4 miles on foot, as the crow flies

DirectionsWalk the tour in Google Maps
  1. 1One Shell SquareStart here
  2. 2Whitney National Bank (Poydras Branch)Beaux Arts · next door
  3. 3Factors Row and Thiberge BuildingsItalianate · 0.2 mi on
  4. 4New Orleans Cotton Exchange BuildingCommercial · 0.1 mi on
  5. 5Hennen BuildingChicago Style · Built 1895 · next door
Around it

39 more Register listings within half a mile

★ National Historic Landmark · D district · B building · S site. Each opens its own page.

DLower Central Business DistrictGreek Revival0.2 miBFederal BuildingBuilding0.2 miBTurner's HallItalianate0.2 miBMaylie's RestaurantItalianate0.2 miBKarnofsky Tailor Shop-HouseBuilt 19100.2 miBBuildings at 445-447-449 South RampartItalianate0.2 miBNational American Bank BuildingModernistic0.2 miBJulia Street RowFederal0.3 miDUpper Central Business DistrictGreek Revival0.3 mi★Gallier HallGreek Revival0.3 miBNew Orleans Jazz National Historical ParkBuilt 19940.3 miDNew Orleans Lower Central Business District (Boundary Increase)Greek Revival0.3 miBEagle Saloon BuildingClassical Revival0.3 mi★U.S. CustomhouseEgyptianesque0.3 miBIroquois TheaterBuilding0.3 miBThe Rault CenterBuilding0.3 miDLower Central Business District (Boundary Increase II)District0.3 miBBank of New Orleans (BNO) BuildingBuilt 19700.3 mi
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BMacheca BuildingChicago Style0.3 miBOrpheum TheatreBeaux Arts0.3 miBBuilding at 225 Baronne StreetBuilding0.3 miDUpper Central Business District (Boundary Increase II)Colonial Revival0.4 miDUpper Central Business District (Boundary Increase)Second Empire0.4 miBInternational Trade MartBuilding0.4 miBBank of LouisianaBuilding0.4 miBShell BuildingInternational Style0.4 miBOil and Gas BuildingBuilt 19590.4 miBSaenger TheatreItalian Renaissance0.4 miBSaenger Theatre (Boundary Increase)Renaissance0.4 miDIberville Public Housing Development Historic DistrictDistrict0.4 miBJohn Hancock BuildingBuilding0.5 miBLeeds Iron FoundryVictorian Gothic0.5 miBHoward Memorial LibraryRichardsonian Romanesque · Built 18890.5 miBPlaza TowerBuilt 19690.5 miBFirst National Life Insurance BuildingBuilding0.5 mi★U.S. Court of Appeals-Fifth CircuitEclectic0.5 mi★Louisiana State Bank BuildingBuilding0.5 mi★Nicholas Girod HouseFrench Colonial0.5 mi★Hermann-Grima HouseGeorgian0.5 mi

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Questions about One Shell Square

Is One Shell Square on the National Register of Historic Places?

Yes. It was added on Oct 18, 2018 (Register number 100003027).

Is One Shell Square a National Historic Landmark?

No. It is on the National Register; Louisiana has 57 National Historic Landmarks. The nearest is New Orleans Cotton Exchange Building, 0.1 miles away.

Can you visit One Shell Square?

It has its own website, the place to check whether and when it is open to visitors.

Sources: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places (05/22/2026) · Wikidata. Map tiles © OpenStreetMap contributors.