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  • A house of the Rising Sun, rebranded in 1828

    12/11/2016 12:32:16 PM PST · by BBell · 8 replies
    NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune ^ | 12/11/16 | James Karst, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune
    There has been considerable debate about "The House of the Rising Sun," an old folk song made famous by the Animals in 1964. Was it based on an actual establishment in New Orleans? Was the Rising Sun a brothel or gambling house or penitentiary? And where was it? I don't have definitive answers to those questions, but I do have a new location to consider."The public is respectfully informed that the old establishment of the Rising Sun is reopened under the name of Mechanic's Hotel, where may be had all kinds of refreshments; there is an ordinary every day at...