Whole 4BR House by French Quarter

Experience the local flavor in our private completely renovated shotgun double in one of the city’s coolest neighborhoods. This private Marigny home is one block from the French Quarter, less than a 5 minute walk to Frenchman Street & Bourbon Street, moments from Jackson Square, a short bike ride to Midcity, and 4 blocks to our complimentary secure parking space. It is also centrally located between the Riverwalk Streetcar Line as well as the new Rampart Streetcar Line. Built in 1905, our brothel style shotgun (meaning it has a hallway running through the house for added bedroom privacy) retains the architecture you expect in a New Orleans home. High 12 foot ceilings, giant windows, original decorative brick fireplaces, restored pine wood floors, open kitchen/living space with pocket doors for privacy, and private courtyard/patio — you get the idea. Its charm represents a home of its era, an open traditional shotgun with four bedrooms/two baths each complete with a QUEEN SIZE BED and ceiling fan and a QUEEN SLEEPER SOFA in the living room which has pocket doors for added privacy. There is a 55 inch plasma screen in the living room with access to Netflix. The kitchen is completely furnished with fridge, stove/oven, dishwasher, coffee maker, blender and microwave. Cutting boards, pots, plates, and basics utensils will be provided as well. If you have any requests please let me know and I will do my best to accommodate! There is also a washer and dryer in the back of the house which comes in handy after a day at Jazz Fest in the early summer heat! Speaking of New Orleans heat, the apartment has Central AC/Heat so you will always have a comfortable place to relax. We also provide linens and towels, shampoo/conditioner/soaps/iron/clothes hangers, as well as a hair dryer so you can save the space in your travel bag! The private back patio has ample seating and greenery. There is a mature Satsuma tree that you are welcome to pick from for morning juice and mimosas. You will have full access to your own private apartment with a full kitchen, living room, washer/dryer, and private back patio for hanging out or storing bikes if you chose to rent them from our favorite local shop. You will also be assigned a 4 digit code for the automatically locking key pad on the front door. Access instructions will be sent to you shortly before your arrival. We will not be available on site, but you may contact us by phone. Faubourg Marigny was actually the 1st subdivision in New Orleans that developed from a factory area to the culturally rich neighborhood filled with Creole cottages that it is today. The City of New Orleans started with just the area now known as the “Vieux Carre,” or the “French Quarter.” New Orleans grew north from Rampart Street into what is now Faubourg Treme, eventually linking up to Bayou St. John, in what is now “Mid City.” As the city continued to grow, plantation owners began breaking up their tracts of land into smaller lots to sell to newcomers. The first plantation owner to do this, Bernard Marigny de Mandeville, owned the land just downriver from Esplanade Avenue. As more and more French people came to the area, the demand for residential property became greater. By 1805, exiles from both France and Haiti flocked to the city in the wake of revolutions. Forty years of Spanish control of Louisiana attracted a number of people from Spain and her colonies. Buyers would build small creole cottages on those lots. As the neighborhood grew, residents would purchase adjacent lots and build larger homes, mostly in the Greek Revival style. By the late 1820s, Faubourg Marigny was its own small town, the “Third Municipality” of the city of New Orleans. Creole families built homes. Businessmen opened shops along Frenchmen Street. Because of the railroad connection on Elysian Fields, light industry and manufacturing developed along that street rather than shops and small businesses. The Marigny attracted factory workers, like the Germans who worked at the Columbia Brewery in the 1890s. When the city constructed a municipal sewer system in 1914, residents with some means left the Marigny, building homes in neighborhoods where they could install indoor plumbing. The older houses they left behind became rental properties, attracting factory workers and others needing low-cost housing. This trend of Faubourg Marigny as a “low-rent” neighborhood continued through the Great Depression and World War II. The next big transition in Faubourg Marigny began in the 1970s, as young professionals began the “gentrification” process. Recognizing the potential of the old single and double shotguns as homes and small offices, young families began to acquire these properties. Dedicated homeowners in Faubourg Marigny have worked hard over the years to preserve the neighborhood’s character, while at the same time, working with the city to add improvements (such as the new streetcar line). Restaurants, clubs, and B&Bs, particularly on Frenchmen Street and nearby blocks add an important commercial component to the area Bernard Marigny de Mandeville is usually thought of as a Creole dandy who brought the dice game Hazard (we now call it “craps”) to North America, but his long-lasting contribution to the city he loved is the New Orleans’ first subdivision.