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Latter & Blum Building, 11-story skyscraper in New Orleans, United States

The Latter & Blum Building is an 11-story skyscraper on Common Street in the business district of New Orleans. The structure displays late 19th-century architecture with stone cladding and classical design details from that era.

The building was constructed in 1895 by architects Sully & Toledano and was initially the city's tallest structure. An additional floor was added in 1922 after other buildings had surpassed it in height.

The building's successive names record its changing uses: Hennen Building, Canal-Commercial, Maritime, briefly Latter & Blum, and since 2021 Holiday Inn Club Vacations New Orleans Resort. Its 1895 Chicago-style frame, topped by an 11th floor added in 1922, was converted in 2011 into 105 apartments above two floors of commercial space.

The building is a Holiday Inn Club Vacations timeshare resort, so interiors are for guests and owners; from the street you can see the 11-story facade at 800 Common Street, on the uptown lake corner with Carondelet Street. The Central Business District location puts it within walking distance of other downtown landmarks.

The building's name comes from Latter & Blum, a real estate firm associated with the property, not from a bookstore. It was sold in 2006 to architect and developer Marcel Wisznia, who converted the former offices into 105 apartments called The Maritime Apartments, completed in 2011. In March 2019 it was sold to Holiday Inn Club Vacations and reopened in January 2021 as a timeshare resort.

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