LaLaurie Mansion

The LaLaurie Mansion is arguably the most famous residence in New Orleans. Decades of local legends and stories have created a mysterious atmosphere around the home revolving around its vilified first owner, Madame Marie Delphine LaLaurie.

LaLaurie, born Marie Macarty, ...

Orleans Ballroom and Theatre

Native Parisian John Davis moved to New Orleans in 1809. His exposure to French opera and entertainment led him to build one of the first major theaters in the city. The original structure, designed by famed architect Benjamin Latrobe, burned ...

Louisiana Arsenal

The site of the Louisiana Arsenal has long been utilized by officials in New Orleans. During the colonial period, a series of guard houses and small prisons stood here, each destroyed during city wide fires of 1788 and 1793.

When the ...

Ursuline Convent

Founded in 1727 by the Ursuline Order of nuns, the Ursuline Convent is the oldest and most complete example of French Colonial architecture in America and oldest building in the Mississippi Valley.

The Ursuline Order came to New Orleans at ...

Pontalba Buildings

The Pontalba buildings, recognized as National Historic Landmarks, are considered by many to be the oldest existing apartment buildings in the United States.

These twin structures were the brain-child of wealthy New Orleans legend, Baroness Micaela Almonester de Pontalba. Born in ...

Pontalba Buildings

The Pontalba buildings, recognized as National Historic Landmarks, are considered by many to be the oldest existing apartment buildings in the United States.

These twin structures were the brain-child of wealthy New Orleans legend, Baroness Micaela Almonester de Pontalba. Born in ...

National Historic Landmark- New Orleans Cotton Exchange

The New Orleans Cotton Exchange was incorporated in 1871. The purpose of the organization was to help to standardize and make accessible information related to the cotton industry, thereby stabilizing the often erratic and chaotic speculative market pricing. At the ...

Girod/Napoleon House

This stunning example of a wealthy colonial town home is one of the finest still in existence in America and is listed as a National Historic Landmark.

The building was first constructed in 1794 following a large fire that destroyed ...

Madame John's Legacy House

Madame John's Legacy is one of the finest 18th century building complexes in Louisiana. Of special interest because it escaped the great fire of 1795, which leveled much of New Orleans, the house is actually a product of the preceding ...

Louisiana State Bank Building

This National Historic Landmark was the final building designed by famed American Architect, Benjamin Latrobe, designer of the United States capital building. Latrobe died in New Orleans from Yellow Fever prior to the building's completion in 1822.

The structure, built in ...