{{Short description|Historic place in Louisiana, US}} {{Use American English|date = November 2019}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2012}} {{Infobox NRHP | name = Algiers Point | nrhp_type = hd | nocat = yes | image = algierspt1888.png | caption = Detail from an 1888 German map of New Orleans | location = New Orleans, Louisiana | coordinates = {{coord|29|57|19|N|90|3|19|W|display=inline,title}} | locmapin = United States New Orleans East#Louisiana#USA | added = August 1, 1978 | refnum = 78001428<ref name="focus">{{Cite web |url=http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov |title=NPS Focus |work=National Register of Historic Places |publisher=National Park Service |access-date=November 14, 2011 |archive-date=July 25, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080725123211/http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> }} thumb|right|Algiers Point in 1922 '''Algiers Point''' is a location on the Lower Mississippi River in New Orleans, Louisiana. In river pilotage, Algiers Point is one of the many points of land around which the river flows—albeit a significant one. People from Algiers Point (and Algiers as a whole) are known as Algierines,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://musicrising.tulane.edu/uploads/transcripts/t.albert%209-25-1959.pdf|title=Interview of musician Tom Albert|date=1959-09-25|website=Music Rising at Tulane University|access-date=2018-07-30}}{{Dead link|date=February 2026 |bot=InternetArchiveBot }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://jazz.tulane.edu/sites/default/files/jazz/collections/files/graphics_collection_EF.pdf|title=Hogan Jazz Archive Photography Collection at Tulane University|date=1927|website=Hogan Jazz Archive at Tulane University|access-date=2018-07-30}}</ref> or Algerines. During Hurricane Katrina, residents of Algiers Point are alleged to have murdered dozens of displaced black people in racially motivated hate attacks which were never prosecuted by law enforcement officials.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.propublica.org/article/post-katrina-white-vigilantes-shot-african-americans-with-impunity|title=Post-Katrina, White Vigilantes Shot African-Americans With Impunity|date=2008-12-19|website=ProPublica|access-date=2025-11-17}}</ref>

==Navigational point== thumb|right|'''Rounding Algiers Point'''<br />A downbound ship and other vessels on the Lower Mississippi River, with Algiers Point to the right The course of the Mississippi River past and through New Orleans is in the shape of a crescent. As the river reaches the downriver end of that crescent, flowing by then in a northerly direction, it makes a sharp "right-hand" turn to the east. The French Quarter, Faubourg Marigny and Bywater lie on the outside of the bend on the river's left descending bank. The point of land on the river's right descending bank is, and has historically been, called Algiers Point.

Just off this point is where the Mississippi River is at its deepest, approximately 60 meters (200&nbsp;ft) deep.<ref>{{cite web |title=Mississippi River Facts |work=U.S. National Park Service |url=http://www.nps.gov/miss/features/factoids/ |access-date=March 4, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060206034731/http://www.nps.gov/miss/features/factoids/ |archive-date=February 6, 2006 |url-status=dead |df=mdy }}</ref> This depth varies from year to year as the river alternately scours and deposits silt. A U.S. Coast Guard aid to navigation, Algiers Point Light "95," marks the point.<ref>{{cite uscgll|5|2004|}}</ref> Its geographic coordinates are {{Coord|29|57|19|N|90|03|19|W|}}

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' linear description of the location is mile 94.6 AHP (above Head of Passes) on the Lower Mississippi River.

In the 20th century, the Coast Guard began regulating marine traffic approaching and rounding Algiers Point. Licensed pilots were enlisted to man a tower atop the Gov. Nicholls Street Wharf across the river from the point, and to communicate with mariners via marine VHF radio and via a red and green traffic light, in order to restrict two-way traffic when high water makes such traffic hazardous.<ref>{{cite book | title=Federal Register: Volume 65, Number 81 | date=April 26, 2000 | publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office | location=Washington | chapter=Vessel Traffic Service Lower Mississippi River | chapter-url=http://frwebgate3.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/waisgate.cgi?WAISdocID=5232891583+3+0+0&WAISaction=retrieve }}</ref>

==Neighborhood== :''This is a brief description of a neighborhood within the larger Algiers section of New Orleans.'' thumb|'''Algiers Point houses'''<br />Late 19th-century houses at the corner of Delaronde and Olivier Streets

The size and boundaries of the neighborhood depend on colloquial or legal context, but a conservative description is the approximately 50 city blocks bounded by Opelousas Avenue, Atlantic Avenue and the river. Originally Algiers Point extended all the way to Newton Street but after the 1895 fire, many old structures were destroyed. Several streets were reconstructed and renamed including Market Street which was renamed Opelousas Avenue. Opelousas Avenue became the new border that separated Algiers Point from the McDonoghville section of Orleans Parish. However, some still refer to the area above Newton Street as Algiers Point with the street signs on Slidell and Homer Streets having the Historic Algiers Point District marker on them. The Algiers Point National Historic District still place Algiers Point at its original boundaries on the south by Slidell Avenue instead of Opelousas Avenue.<ref>{{cite web | title=National Register of Historic Places | work=Louisiana – Orleans County | url=http://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/LA/Orleans/state.html | access-date=March 4, 2006}}</ref> The southern boundary of the city-regulated Algiers Point Historic District, as defined by the New Orleans Historic District Landmarks Commission, is Newton Street.<ref>{{cite web |title = The Algiers Point Historic District |work = City of New Orleans |url = https://secure.cityofno.com/portal.aspx?portal=99&tabid=45 |access-date = March 4, 2006 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20060522143251/http://secure.cityofno.com/portal.aspx?portal=99&tabid=45 |archive-date = May 22, 2006 |url-status = dead |df = mdy-all }}</ref> <ref> {{cite web | title=Algiers Point Neighborhood Snapshot | work=Greater New Orleans Community Data Center | url=http://www.gnocdc.org/orleans/12/1/snapshot.html | access-date=March 4, 2006| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20060118065356/http://www.gnocdc.org/orleans/12/1/snapshot.html| archive-date= January 18, 2006 | url-status= live}}</ref>

Numerous small businesses such as bars, restaurants, coffee shops, and professional services are located here, creating a mixed use neighborhood.<ref> {{cite web | title=Algiers Point Information Page | work=westrom | url=http://algierspoint.us | access-date=April 19, 2006| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20060525185941/http://www.algierspoint.us/| archive-date= May 25, 2006 | url-status= live}}</ref>

==Demographics== thumb|right|260px|Algiers Point sign As of the census of 2000, there were 2,381 people, 1,145 households, and 555 families residing in the neighborhood.<ref name="Algiers Neighborhood">{{cite web|title=Algiers Neighborhood|url=http://gnocdc.org/NeighborhoodData/12/AlgiersPoint/index.html|publisher=Greater New Orleans Community Data Center|access-date=January 5, 2012}}</ref>

As of the census of 2010, there were 2,455 people, 1,229 households, and 574 families residing in the neighborhood.<ref name="Algiers Neighborhood"/>

==Education== thumb|Cita Dennis Hubbell Library (formerly Algiers Point Branch) Orleans Parish School Board (OPSB) or New Orleans Public Schools (NOPS) operates public schools. The Adolph Meyer School is an elementary school in the neighborhood which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, and also known as the Harriet R. Tubman Elementary School.

===Public library=== New Orleans Public Library (NOPL) operates the Cita Dennis Hubbell Branch in Algiers Point.<ref>"[http://www.nolalibrary.org/branch/7/cita-dennis-hubbell-library Cita Dennis Hubbell Library]." New Orleans Public Library. Retrieved on December 11, 2016.</ref> It occupies the oldest public library building in the city. It opened as the Algiers Branch, a Carnegie library, in 1907 and was the only library in the Algiers area for many years.<ref name=Valenceopenbook>{{cite news|author=Valence, Kari Eve|url=http://blog.nola.com/westbank/2016/09/algiers_points_hubbell_library.html|title=Algiers Point's Hubbell Library an open book of history|newspaper=The Times-Picayune|date=2016-09-05|access-date=2016-12-11}}</ref> It was one of five New Orleans Carnegie libraries, and as of 2013, one of two that are still open as libraries.<ref name=Norrisreopening>{{cite news|author=Norris, Melinda|url=http://blog.nola.com/westbank/2013/07/hubbell_library_in_algiers_cel.html|title=Hubbell Library in Algiers celebrates with grand reopening|newspaper=The Times-Picayune|date=2013-07-13|access-date=2016-12-11}}</ref>

It was originally closed after the opening of the Algiers Regional Library, but Cita Dennis Hubbell and a group led by her campaigned to have it reopened, citing the long distance from Algiers Point to the new library. In 2005 Hurricane Katrina hit Algiers Point. Hubbell's daughter campaigned for the library to be reopened.<ref name=Valenceopenbook/> It reopened shortly after Katrina, but when officials processed concerns about the structural integrity of the building they decided to close the library.<ref name=Donzelib>{{cite news|author=Donze, Frank|url=http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2012/03/new_orleans_libraries_turn_ove.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120506165123/http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2012/03/new_orleans_libraries_turn_ove.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 6, 2012|title=New Orleans libraries turn over a new leaf with state-of-the-art buildings|newspaper=The Times-Picayune|date=2012-03-12|access-date=2016-12-11}}</ref> The library closed in 2006, but then had termite damage and structural damage ameliorated with renovations.<ref>{{cite news|author=Norris, Melinda|url=http://blog.nola.com/westbank/2013/07/heres_a_sneak_peek_at_the_reop.html|title=Here's a sneak peek at the reopened Hubbell Library in Algiers Point|newspaper=The Times-Picayune|date=2013-07-10|access-date=2016-12-11}}</ref> The branch held a grand re-opening in 2013.<ref name=Norrisreopening/>

==See also== *Algiers, New Orleans

== References == <references />

== External links == {{Commons category}} <!--thumb|Algiers section of New Orleans, Louisiana. U.S. government border patrol station--> * [http://www.algierspoint.org/ Algiers Point Association] * [https://archive.today/20060520073234/http://algierspoint.org/AHS/ Algiers Historical Society] * [http://www.algierspoint.us/ Algiers Point Information and Links page] * [http://www.hubbelllibrary.org/ Cita Dennis Hubbell Library] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251201011259/http://www.hubbelllibrary.org/ |date=December 1, 2025 }} * [http://www.sphts.org/ Southern Pacific Historical & Technical Society]

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