Carrollton Courthouse

[3] It was once the courthouse for Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, before the town of Carrollton's annexation by New Orleans in 1874.

[3] Henry Howard, a prominent Louisiana architect, designed the building in the Jeffersonian Neo-classical style.

[11] In the 1950s, the building sat vacant for a time before becoming the home of Benjamin Franklin Senior High School, which was dedicated on November 10, 1957.

The petition-gathering work of Charles Meynier, a local merchant and graduate of the John McDonogh No.

[14] In September 2014, the building was offered for sale by the Orleans Parish School Board (at an appraised value of $2.9 million).

[2][15] In accordance with Louisiana law, charter schools were offered the opportunity to buy the property first,[15] but none were interested.

[2] In 2017, the property sold at auction to Carl Mittendorff, the Houston-based CEO of Colonial Oaks Senior Living, for $4.7 million.

[18] By 2018, the ownership structure was redefined as follows: Kayne Anderson of Los Angeles; Felicity Property Company of New Orleans; and Liberty Healthcare of Wilmington, N.C.

In a public hearing of July 7, 2021, the New Orleans HDLC censured the developer for the illegal demolition of the historic "Courthouse schoolhouse" on the Maple Street side of campus.