James Freret

James Freret (1838–1897) was an American architect who practiced in New Orleans, Louisiana, prolific in designing many homes in that area.

[1] His cousin William A. Freret, also an architect, and son of New Orleans mayor William Freret, redesigned the State capitol after the Civil War and headed the Office of the Supervising Architect in Washington, D.C.

He studied in the office of New Orleans architect George Purves early in his career.

[1][2] He returned to the United States due to the Civil War, joining the Confederate Army's engineering corps.

[3] He was wounded in the Siege of Port Hudson, and in 1865 returned to New Orleans to open his own architecture practice.