Recognized as a National Historic Landmark, the Longue Vue home and gardens was born of the dreams of Edgar and Edith Stern, pillars of the New Orleans community. It is the combination of the Sterns working with landscape architect Ellen Biddle Shipman and architects William and Geoffrey Platt that has created this wonderful oasis of beauty set in charming New Orleans.

The Longue Vue House is one of the last great houses to be custom-built in America, taking the Platt brothers three years (1939-1942) to create.

This Classical Revival style house consists of three stories and a basement, an unusual feature of New Orleans where most of the city is below sea level.

The house contains its original furnishings of English and American antiques; European and Eastern European carpets; Modern and Contemporary art; collections of needlework, chintz, haute couture and ethnic costumes; Chinese and European export porcelain; Saffordshire transferware; and creamware and pearlware from Wedgwood, Leeds and other British and continental potteries.

Longue Vue House and Gardens is a model of the fashionable, but conservative, taste of wealthy Americans during the 30s and 40s and a way of life that has all but disappeared.

Information Provided by the Longue Vue House and Gardens.