James Freret

James Freret (1838–1897) was an American architect who practiced in New Orleans, Louisiana. He was prolific in designing many homes in that area.

About Freret was born in New Orleans, Louisiana to Livie (née D'Arensbourg) Freret and James P. Freret. His cousin William A. Freret, also an architect, and son of New Orleans mayor William Freret, redesigned the State capitol after the Civil War and headed the Office of the Supervising Architect in Washington, D.C.

He studied in the office of New Orleans architect George Purves early in his career. He was wounded in the Siege of Port Hudson, and in 1865 returned to New Orleans to open his own architecture practice. Board of Trade building, New Orleans Administration Building of the Spring Hill College Quadrangle, 4307 Old Shell Road, Mobile, Alabama, NRHP-listed Jewish Widows and Orphans Home (1868) New Orleans, Louisiana