Andrew Jackson Hotel - New Orleans

The Andrew Jackson Hotel is located on Royal Street in New Orleans, Louisiana.  It sits on the site of the Old Federal Courthouse, which was the location of Andrew Jackson's trial for contempt of court.  Jackson had arrived in New Orleans in December, 1814 to help secure the town for invasion from the British and in so doing he set up martial law.  He was to maintain martial law even after the defeat of the British the following January, the feeling being that there was no guarantee they would not strike again.  The locals began to question Jackson's policy regarding this and in March Louis Louaillier, a local member of the State Legislature, wrote an article which criticized Jackson.  The general then had Louaillier arrested.  United States District Judge Dominick Hall then attempted to release Louaillier on a writ of habeas corpus, and was arrested as well.  Jackson would not release the men until official word came that the British had surrendered.  When the confirmation of the Treaty of Ghent had been received, Jackson let his prisoners go.  Judge Hall then returned to his post and immediatley ordered Jackon to appear here, in the courthouse which once stood on this site, at which time he was charged $1,000 for contempt of court.  Jackson paid the fine, and was eventually reimbursed by Congress.  The old courthouse was demolished in 1888 and replaced by the current hotel in 1890, yet the history of the site goes back even further.  In the 1790's this was the location of a boarding school for young boys.  Legend says that during a fire in 1794 five boys died here and their ghosts are still rumoured to haunt the hotel.  The Andrew Jackon Hotel was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1965.

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