[Brown/Orange. Multi-story hotel complex, 2002, William & Associates Architects. The lots at 731-733 Canal and 735-737 Canal originally were the site of Christ Church, built c. 1826 by architects Charles Dakin and James Gallier, Sr. An early illustration owned by the Louisiana State Museum depicts the façade of this church as following the design of a classical Greek temple, with six Ionic columns supporting an empty pediment. This structure was demolished and, in 1856, 735-737 Canal Street became the site of two in the row of 12 Touro Buildings. The Touro buildings on the four lots nearest Bourbon Street, including these two, were destroyed by fire in February 1890. Architect Dietrich Einseidel was commissioned by A. Schwartz & Sons to erect a new, 5-story store on the site which encompassed the three lots closest to Bourbon Street. When these, too, were destroyed by fire in February 1892, the stores at 735-737 Canal were rebuilt as a 4-bay, 5-story brick commercial structure with ground-floor gallery; this new building was also occupied by A. Schwartz & Sons, and may also be Einseidel's work. In the 1950s, it became a Woolworth's five-and-dime store. It was demolished (or drastically re-structured) at some point prior to 1964 to be replaced by a modern, windowless (above-the-ground-floor), 3-story version of the Woolworth's department store, which encompassed 731-733 and 735-737 Canal. This store was in turn demolished to make way for the current high-rise structure occupied by the Astor Crowne Plaza Hotel.] [N.B: At the time the VCS chains of title were abstracted, the building sat on the two separate lots of 731-733 Canal (Lot 11343) and 735-737 Canal (Lot 11344).] [Squares in the 100 block of the French Quarter (those that front Canal Street and back on Iberville Street) are not part of the original Vieux Carré and have never been evaluated by the Vieux Carré Commission. Rather, their historical status is the domain of another city agency, the Historic District Landmarks Commission (HDLC).] [The c. 1965, color-coded architectural evaluation square maps for these squares found in the VCS binders were most likely executed by architect Sam Wilson, but they are obviously not official, as the HDLC was not even in existence then. The official color ratings given here have been taken from the HDLC's current maps.] [N.B: Squares in the 100 block of the French Quarter (those that front Canal Street and back on Iberville Street) are not part of the original Vieux Carré and have never been evaluated by the Vieux Carré Commission. Rather, their historical status is the domain of another city agency, the Historic District Landmarks Commission (HDLC). The c. 1965, color-coded architectural evaluation square maps for these squares found in the VCS binders were most likely executed by architect Sam Wilson, but they are obviously not official, as the HDLC was not even in existence then. The official color ratings given here have been taken from the HDLC's current maps.]