The Most Beautiful House in 15 New Orleans Neighborhoods

New Orleans is a terribly beautiful metropolis , packed with everything fromincredibly gorgeous barstospectacular position . And in price of the city ’s houses , this place is robust with kick - ass architectural history : you ’ve got the scattergun , double shotgun , Creole cottage , double - gallery house , and Creole townhouse as native New Orleans caparison livestock . But there are plenty of other styles , too , like Arts and Crafts , Craftsman , mid - century modern , Spanish - flair bungalows , and all those crazy Italianate , Queen Anne , and Greek Revival mansions . Sometimes a sure style dominates a neck of the woods , but more often than not , every ‘ toughie has a mix of everything , kind of like New Orleans itself . There are so many beautiful and vivacious homes , it was ( extremely ) difficult to narrow this listing down , so in rightful New Orleans fashion , spot were also present for uniqueness , diachronic signification , and general funkiness .

Bayou St. John

Pitot House- 1440 Moss StOpen to the publicOn the bank of the Bayou St. John , the Pitot House is a Creole colonial country house known for its knot gardens , solid shutters , and Caribbean sugar orchard vibe . The Pitot House is one of the oldest in the city , dating back to the 1700s , and is name for James Pitot , the first " American " city manager of New Orleans . This grande skirt was also once a convent started by Mother Cabrini in the other 20th century , but today it domiciliate the Louisiana Landmark Society and is subject to the public most week , from Wednesday to Saturday .

Esplanade Ridge

Degas House- 2306 Esplanade AveOpen to the publicOne of the house that formed the Esplanade Ridge neighborhood in the 1850s , the Degas House is actuallytwohouses these day : once upon a prison term , the house was whole , but then one extension was separate off from the balance and made to support alone . These twenty-four hours , one side is a B&B , and the other is a historic museum that ’s open to the public – which is a estimable thing , because Famous impressionistic painter Edgar Degas really did inhabit here for a patch with his fat New Orleans Creole relatives , and you’re able to now take a circuit of the habitation lead-in by one of Degas ’s majuscule - grandnieces .

Seventh Ward

A.P. Tureaud Sr . House - 3121 Pauger StPrivate residenceTureaud is one of chronicle ’s most command polite right badasses , and he lived in the Seventh Ward in New Orleans in the last days of his biography . He exercise with Thurgood Marshall and the NAACP in motor inn to annul Jim Crow laws in New Orleans , and also worked to desegregate New Orleans school in the aftermath of the Supreme Court subvert Plessy v. Ferguson in 1954 . It was a problematical metre ( to put it extremely mildly ) for African Americans struggle for civic right in the Deep South , but Tureaud did n’t let anything remain firm in his way … and this elicit - cellar , Craftsman - style cottage is the star sign where he slept . The Craftsman is a unwashed architectural trend in this neighborhood , and pattern elements include green wood brackets , which define the gable - front cap , and the simple but striking diamond theme find on the porch dock , with a bombastic interpretation on the stairway . The outstanding front staircase , of stucco - over - brick , rise to the porch in two flights .

Treme

Thibodeaux House - 1221 Marais StPrivate residenceWhile there are loads of different styles of houses in the Treme , this galleried cottage - style home , build in 1889 , hold a smell of effort with its curved steps to the front porch . Other cool architectural features include gabled front shingles and a hexagonal side bay tree . Although the front is one storey , there ’s a two - story brick construction attached in the back . This home is very elegant , without being first-rate showy or fancy .

Bywater

3405 Royal StPrivate residence and issue spaceThe Bywater is bewilder very flakey … and it shows . For model , while take this pic , a gentleman with a handlebar mustache wearing only promising scandalmongering boxershorts ride an old - timey cycle past me several times ( perhaps to ensure I noticed his high-strung attire ) ? This " Wonderland " has colorful flowers everywhere , and a teatime party set up in the corner of the yard in lawsuit the Mad Hatter overlook by . Apparently Wonderland is some sort of functioning / art space , as well as a private dwelling house , and the comparatively talkative ground ( for Bywater ) are impressive .

Lower Garden District

1309 Felicity StPrivate residenceFelicity St , just off of Coliseum Square , is so sure-enough - school that Stone and bricks still pave the route . This block of Felicity has all sorts of cool - bet houses in various states of repair , and 1309 – also know as the John T. Moore , Jr. House – was designed by local architect James Freret , combining Victorian and Italianate interior and exterior features .

Garden District

Joseph Carroll House – 1315 First StPrivate residenceThere are probably 50 houses in this sign of the zodiac - heavy , wealthy neck of the woods that are downright stunning – even the regular - sized houses are beautiful – but the Joseph Carroll House make the leaning because of its cast branding iron and pink Italianate design . It ’s kind of delightfully creepy-crawly , it ’s check onto its original carriage house , and you get the feeling that no one there care if you could peek at it . Also , Joseph Carroll was completely Mark Twain ’s BFF back in the 1880s , so you know the man himself attended the notorious company thrown there . This planetary house is also next room access to where Anne Rice lived for a while … a hundred long time or so later .

Marigny

Dolliole House - 1440 Bourbon StPrivate residenceRight where the Marigny meets the French Quarter , on Esplanade Ave , the mansions near the river were once recognize as the Creole Garden District , but the planetary house that I retrieve capture the mad quilt of the Marigny best is the Dolliole House , build up in 1819 by French - speaking builder and community leader , Jean - Louis Dolliole , a " detached man of color " in New Orleans . This honest-to-god - school day backstory signifies the general melting pot of New Orleans … plus , the weirdly shaped set it ’s on is pretty representative of the direction the former plantations of the Faubourg Marigny were geld up and sold off . Dolliole ’s plan represent a very early brick - between - billet Creole bungalow , quite vulgar in the Marigny when first found , but much more uncommon today . The placement of doors attach it , architecturally speaking , to the the old Creole cottage - expressive style in its placement of door , but the ceiling is more two-dimensional than steep – a slight variation of the versions that came after .

French Quarter

1041 Royal StPrivate residenceWhen you think of the Gallic Quarter , you constantly retrieve of the iconic iron rail of Creole townhouses . but this gorgeous , two - story brick home with brick arches soar up over floor to ceiling window ( and yes , a mould - Fe balcony ) is one of the only integral mansions in the Quarter that has n’t been converted into condos . Depending on which walk tour you partake in , it is rumored to be a ) haunted ; b ) the former residence of a vampire who chased a woman off the balcony to plummet to her death on the street below ; c ) the former hall of immortal Gallic alchemist the Comte de Saint - Germain ; d ) any combination of the above .

Broadmoor

4512 S. Prieur StPrivate residence – for saleBroadmoor is such a diverse neighborhood , both in terms of the house style and the people inside them . Since Broadmoor has been do it to take on a luck of piddle in emergency situations past , a lot of the sign are built on a elevate cellar . There are lots of bungalow trend with stucco , and those cool wavelike cherry-red Spanish style roof , as well as many Arts & Crafts - designed homes . This house , presently for sale , is a large Arts & Crafts elan with a stir cellar . Those clean , strong lines , forest emphasis on the window , the railings , the cap … to be fairish , Arts & Crafts - trend sign of the zodiac turn me into a pool of cornmeal mush , and this one is extra particular .

Old Metairie

Longue Vue- 7 Bamboo RdPrivate residenceThe Longue Vue House and Gardens are mighty impressive . Some deep folks name Edith and Edgar Stern built this planetary house embark on in 1934 , hiring brother William and Geoffrey Platt to collaborate on the architecture and design , and Ellen Biddle Shipman to project the landscape painting and interior . The gardens and the house were conceived and built in tangent with each other , so they are naturally aligned . Edith Stern transitioned her home into a non - profit museum in the late ' 70s , shortly before her death .

Audubon

James H Dillard House - 571 Audubon StDillard was a white faculty member and educator who spent a great deal of his professional career working to bring home the bacon educational opportunities for African Americans in New Orleans . When two of the local black college merged in 1930 , the newfangled university was named for Dillard . ( Coincidentally enough , Edgar Stern , who built Longue Vue , was a founder of the Dillard University . ) This southerly colonial - Greek Revival business firm with impeccably landscaped grounds was build in the mid-19th 100 , and Dillard lived in it between 1894 and 1940 . The simple and elegant lines frame a one story central block structure with harmonious wings , and the front porch / portico shows its Greek Revival roots with classical column .

Lakeview

434 Lakeshore ParkwayPrivate residenceThis mid - century - advanced - influenced , Frank Lloyd Wright - urge on mansion is just off Lake Pontchartrain with a natural levee protecting the house from the water ( and traffic ) . Oh lawd , those bay windows and linear roof line … The interior rooms are irregularly regulate , as those mid - century - mod types tend to be , with angled windows .

Holy Cross

Two Sisters / Doullut mansion - 403 Egania StPrivate residencesSteamboat sea captain / pilot Milton P. Doullut work up his house on the banks of the Mississippi River in 1905 as a home for him and his married woman , who was also a steamboat maitre d’hotel , incorporate architectural features that resemble , you guess it … a steamboat . Doullut build a 2nd home for his son , Paul Jr. in 1913 , which was n’t quite as close to the river as his older man ’s , but was still moderately well locate . Doullut was also work by the Nipponese exhibit at the 1904 World ’s Fair in St. Louis , which lead to his steamboat house ' pagoda - dash roofs .

Fairgrounds

1436 Verna CtPrivate hall – not mine , sadlyThis house is freaking gorgeous : it ’s surrounded by a hobo camp outside the front porch studded with statue of snarling Chinese - style Leo and pee features . The windows have that Arts & Craft detail , tiny lizards frolic throughout the outdoor greenery , and its moody over-embellished tone is just perfect for the red accents and brick to pop up from . Oh , and the gabeling on the ceiling ! Totally swoon - worthy .