We lost a long time FQite last year and this week, Occasional Wife had his estate sale at his home in the 1100 block of Decatur.

RIP Fred Lawson. You contributed a lot and based on your students and fellow teachers’ tributes, you were deeply respected at Ben Franklin.

His name is also familiar for those who care about preservation, as he served on the Vieux Carre Commission among other activities.

I’m always honored to go in and get a sense the life that was lived and to feel how the space was loved.

The home had a typical layout for the FQ, although another story higher (and also with a full-sized attic) than those with the same design on most other streets of the FQ. It also has a unusually relaxed green space at its edge (which backs up to the Ursuline Convent museum) and likely means the occupant gets a truly peaceful idyllic outdoor space on a particularly raucous block of Decatur.