Talk:Lafitte's Blacksmith Shop

Built by Lafitte
The NHL source says this was built by Jean Lafitte, and I have another reference (Asbury) that says it was built by Lafitte as his residence (the blacksmith shop was up the street). Rees11 (talk) 19:17, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

Eternal Flame moved
I was told via oral history that the Eternal Flame that now burns in the gay bar "Cafe Lafitte in Exile" just down the road, was originally in Lafitte's Blacksmith Shop. Apparently when the gays were exiled down the street, there was a ceremony to move the "Eternal Flame" from the original location of Lafitte's Blacksmith Shop to Cafe Lafitte in Exile where it now burns.

I don't know how to cite oral history here... so I'm just putting it here on the discussion page for record. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jackal242 (talk • contribs) 02:20, 18 February 2010 (UTC)


 * The Let's Go source says the eternal flame was lit on opening night, and implies it was lit at the Exile rather than carried from the Blacksmith Shop. Anyway I would be very reluctant to include any kind of oral history that hasn't been published in a reliable source. See WP:V. Rees11 (talk) 02:56, 18 February 2010 (UTC)


 * While in New Orleans I had two people (older gentlemen, one was the "king" of one of the parade krewes) tell me there was a ceremony to move the Eternal Flame down the street. Perhaps it was to move the giant frame that houses the flame, and then it was lit anew at it's new location. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.100.190.138 (talk) 19:34, 21 February 2010 (UTC)

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No Documentation Of Lafitte / Laffite Ownership
The Historic New Orleans Collection's Collin C. Diboll digital survey (https://www.hnoc.org/vcs/property_info.php?lot=18806) contains an exhaustive title-search of Orleans Parish records that I have back-checked against Conveyance Office records of the period. There is no evidence there that the Lafittes ever owned the site.

I have not changed the article, but I would challenge the implication that it was ever owned by the Lafittes, under any spelling of their name. Otterswimshome (talk) 17:41, 10 November 2018 (UTC)