Built about 1880 in a modified French Creole style, Good Hope Hall was originally known as True Friends Hall and was erected by the True Friends Association in Freetown, a settlement that offered sanctuary and compassion to many newly freed African Americans as they struggled for economic survival after the Civil War. Original Freetown families who were not part of the enslaved Africans, including the Martins, James, Moutons, Figaros, and Cocos, played a prominent and benevolent role in helping former slaves adjust to freedom. The hall originally served as a meeting hall and a place for wedding receptions, celebrations, and Catholic Mass, and in the 1920s it became one of America's great jazz halls, featuring artists from across the country including Louie Armstrong and Fats Pinchon. Presently, the building serves as offices for Glenn Armentor Law Corporation.