Maison Blanche was a leading New Orleans department store founded in 1897.  A new store on Canal Street was completed in 1909, and remained open for business until 1998.  By 2000 the building was renovated into a Ritz Carlton hotel. Patents by Henry G. Voight;  April 19, 1904, #757,529; April 30, 1904, #768,833; May 16, 1905, #790,092 Click on each photo below to view additional images and information.