{{Use American English|date=July 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2025}} {{Infobox NRHP | name = Landry Tomb | nrhp_type = | image = LandryTomb.JPG | caption = | location = Ascension Catholic Church Cemetery, corner of St. Vincent Street and Claiborne Street, Donaldsonville, Louisiana | coordinates = {{coord|30.09942|-90.98596|format=dms|display=inline,title,source:ProprioMeOW}} | locmapin = Louisiana#USA | built = {{Start date|1845}} | architect = James Dakin | architecture = Classical Revival | added = August 11, 1982 | area = {{convert|0.1|acre}} | refnum = 82002752<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2013a}}</ref> }} '''Landry Tomb''' is an historic burial vault located in the cemetery of the Ascension of Our Lord Catholic Church in Donaldsonville, Louisiana. The two stage granite monument, containing 24 vaults, was built in 1845 and its design is attributed to James H. Dakin, an architect whose work included the Old Louisiana State Capitol building.<ref name=nrhpdoc>{{cite web|url={{NRHP url|id=82002752}} |title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination Form: Landry Tomb|author=Dr. Robert C. Judice|date=December 1980|publisher=National Park Service |accessdate=March 19, 2018}} With {{NRHP url|id=82002752|title=two photos from 1980|photos=y}}.</ref>
Landry family members entombed or interred here include U.S. Representative Joseph Aristide Landry (1817–1881).
The tomb was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on August 11, 1982.<ref name="nris"/>
Others interred in the cemetery of the Ascension of Our Lord Catholic Church include James Patrick Major, Ralph Falsetta, Duncan Farrar Kenner and Allen Thomas.
==See also== {{commonscat|Landry Tomb}} * National Register of Historic Places listings in Ascension Parish, Louisiana
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * {{Find a Grave|6954256|Joseph Aristide Landry}} {{National Register of Historic Places in Louisiana}} {{Portal bar|National Register of Historic Places}}
Category:Tombs in the United States Category:Cemeteries on the National Register of Historic Places in Louisiana Category:Buildings and structures in Ascension Parish, Louisiana Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1845 Category:Donaldsonville, Louisiana Category:National Register of Historic Places in Ascension Parish, Louisiana Category:1845 establishments in Louisiana Category:Burial monuments and structures in Louisiana