Historic New Orleans Collection - Williams Research Center (New Orleans, Louisiana)

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The Williams Research Center stands not far from the museum’s headquarters (at 533 Royal Street). Built in 1915 in the Beaux Arts style, the two-story brick structure is the work of Edgar A. Christy, architect, and builder James A. Petty; it was erected to house the Second City Criminal Court and the Third District Police Station. The Chartres Street building, purchased by the State of Louisiana in 1957, had been vacant for many years when The Collection bought the property in 1993.

After an extensive restoration, the Chartres Street building opened as the Williams Research Center in January 1996. The research center houses The Collection’s public reading room for researchers as well as offices for curatorial, library, and manuscripts personnel and collection storage and processing areas.