Lafayette Cemetery No. 1, the final resting place for some 7,000 people in a single city block off Washington Avenue, is one of the Garden District's most popular tourist destinations.

This week a newly formed group of plot owners known as Lafayette Cemetery No. 1 Tomb and Coping Owners Association, went before a city council committee to say tourists are overrunning the graveyard.

NEW ORLEANS, La. (WVUE) - Lafayette Cemetery No.1 will undergo much needed renovations soon. The site is one of the big draws when visitors come to New Orleans. "There were so many people going ...

She was hanged and her body buried in what would become Lafayette Cemetery. Since that time, the city of Lafayette has burned to the ground. Twice. The first fire ravaged the town in1857.

Several vaults in their tomb have been broken into and human remains exposed. Advocate staff photo by JOHN McCUSKER -- Lafayette Cemetery #2 is owned by the city and it is in very rough condition.

On May 10, 1929, a Lafayette Leader newspaper article reported that Salvador Samano had died and was buried in the Lafayette Cemetery. However, when walking the cemetery, his name could not be ...

LAFAYETTE – The ornamental gates leading into the Greenbush Cemetery include the inscription, scrolled across the green metal along North 12th Street: “Here rest our old settlers.” ...

Mary McCosker, left, leads visitors on a tour of the Lafayette Cemetery on Sunday, July 24, 2016 in Lafayette, Calif. The cemetry was established in 1857. (Aric Crabb/Bay Area News Group) ...

At the Tuesday evening Lafayette City Council meeting, Deputy City Manager Megan Davis said the city began discussions in September 2023 about placing a memorial plaque at the Lafayette Cemetery ...