Jackson Barracks (named for Andrew Jackson) is home and headquarters to the Louisiana National Guard. It was established in 1834 as the New Orleans Barracks and renamed in 1866 for General Andrew Jackson, then president of the United States. It was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.
During Hurricane Katrina, the levee along the Industrial Canal broke and the Barracks was flooded with 8 to 10 feet of water. Even the military officers on duty were caught off guard when the water rushed in. Military equipment, museum artifacts and all buildings were ruined as men scrambled for theiir lives.
A billion dollars restoration was completed five years later and the military groups are now back home. Some of the buildings seen in this photo are residences for the officers and their families and were restored to the period in which they were built.
Even at flood stage of the River as it is now, the Barracks is safer than it was in Katrina when the Canal levee breached.