The Halfway House once rocked with ragtime jazz bands and crowds. Today, the narrow wooden building is a decaying, fire-scarred structure with half a roof and a pressing date with the wrecking ball.
Last week, the 1920s-era dance hall won a six-month reprieve after the City Council here voted to further study its potential historic significance.
The Halfway House is one of several hundred halls, homes, bars and other structures across New Orleans that historians say helped usher in jazz and are today at risk of disappearing.
By Rick Jervis, USA TODAY
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