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Louise Day Nursery

Remodel of the Louise Day Nursery Building.

The Louise Day Nursery Building with St. Theresa's Church behind it.
Heavy machinery removing concrete chunks, the remains of the Camp Street upramp in 1995.

The Louise Day Nursery Building, a day care center, that was built in 1870, was obscured for decades by the former New Orleans Orphan Asylum building.

The interior of the Louise Day Nursery Building, restored as apartment building, shows the 1870 date of construction.

The original painting on the Louise Day Nursery Building.

Rebecca Frost, granddaughter of Waldemar S. Nelson, at work refurbishing the old painting that adorned the Louise Day Nursery Building.

Detail of refurbished painting, Louise Day Nursery Building.

Newer mural on the side of the Louise day Nursery Building.

Detail of newer mural on the side of the Louise Day Nursery Building.