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THE HISTORIC NEW ORLEANS COLLECTION in New Orleans (bounded by Poydras, Camp, St. Charles and North), and was constructed entirely of cast iron produced in Holly Springs, Mississippi, at the foundry of Jones, McElvain & Co. Built originally for J.O. Barelli, with construction commencing in 1859, John Gauche purchased the structure for his crockery business in 1865. Though the Moresque Building burned in 1897, surviving photographs show the multilayered architectural details often associated with the style, along with "horseshoe" arches on the ground floor and geometric decoration covering every visible window. A curious and peripatetic structure dating from the years immediately following the Civil War was the Belknap Fountain, a gazebo-like structure that originally occupied the neutral ground of Canal Street near the intersection of that thoroughfare and Camp Street. It exhibits elements that may loosely be considered Gothic (especially in the clustering of the columns and the elaborate tracery just beneath the domed roof). The fountain was a private commercial enterprise that was a place for advertisements to be posted. In the early 20th century, it was relocated to the Dumaine Street entrance of New Orleans' City Park, but its current status or whereabouts are unknown. The country of Mexico was a major presence at the World's Industrial and Cotton Centennial Exposition of 1884-85, and the continuation of that event, which 16 LOUISIANA ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES * Winter 2013-14 The Leeds Iron Foundry building at 917-923 Tchoupitoulas Street fell into a dilapidated state and stood vacant for more than a decade before the Preservation Resource Center (PRC) renovated the building. Now on the National Register of Historic Places, the former foundry houses the PRC's headquarters. operated under the name of the North, Central, and South American Exposition. The New Orleans site for these is currently known as Audubon Park. The Mexican Iron Building was by no means the largest of those occupying the fairgrounds, but it was one of the most decorative. It was erected by the Keystone Bridge Company of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and drew heavily on Moorish architectural elements, including the arches, domed cupola and the elaborate patterns of geometric designs on the exterior surfaces. Perhaps no structure in New Orleans embraced the Moorish style (both inside and out) more than the Church of the Immaculate Conception (also known as the Jesuit Church) at 130 Baronne Street. The original church, designed by the Rev. John Cambiaso and architect Theodore E. Giraud, was built between 1851 and 1857. Structural problems forced the church to be rebuilt from the foundation up in the late 1920s under the supervision of the architectural firm of Wogan and Toledano. It was essentially a replica of the original and incorporated much material from the 19th-century building. A final example of exotic revival architecture in New 

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