In the 19th century, Residence 2 functioned as the Chaplain’s Quarters. It currently serves as the home of the Senior Enlisted Advisor in the Louisiana National Guard.
The Works Progress Administration renovations added a two-story, two-bay, single-pile, gable-roof, brick addition to the center of the rear of the building to house a modern kitchen and bathrooms.
Along with Residence 3, the second story gallery offers a terrific view of the Mississippi River and its traffic which would have included a special procession at Carnival time.
During Carnival Rex and his Court would land at Jackson Barracks on Lundi Gras to be received by the post commandant, a regiment of infantry, and an army band. The Army commandant would hand Rex the key to the city and all would take a boat procession to the foot of Canal Street where Rex still begins their Lundi Gras ceremony. The Jackson Barracks portion of that ceremony lasted from the 1870s to 1917 (World War I).
