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who founded the New Orleans Philharmonic Society. Among those buried
here are Confederate general Harry T. Hayes and Civil War-era Louisiana
governor Henry Watkins Allen. Scenes from the movie
Interview with the
Vampire
were filmed here. The entrance is a half-block down on Washington
Avenue. Feel free to stroll through the cemetery—lots of people do—and
then return to the entrance.
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Walk one block to St. Charles Avenue and turn right. Continue walking to
2618 St. Charles. Known as the Belfort Mansion, this 19th-century Greek
Revival home housed seven strangers in the 2000 edition of the MTV reality
show
The Real World: New Orleans.
(The series filmed again in New Orleans
in 2010, this time housing its cast on Dufossat Street in Uptown.)
•
Walk another block to 2524 St. Charles to the Greek Revival home known as
the Claiborne Cottage. Anne Rice lived here as a teenager, and the home is
the setting for her book
Violin.
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Continue walking to 2220 St. Charles. The House of Broel was built in the
1850s by George Washington Squires. The house, which today is used as a
wedding and party venue, features the Mystic Ballroom, a lavish setting with
ornate chandeliers and original black-marble fireplaces. The house is open
for public tours.
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Walk to the corner of St. Charles and Jackson Avenue. Your tour ends here.
POINTS OF INTEREST
Garden District Book Shop
gardendistrictbookshop.com
, 2727 Prytania St.,
504-895-2266
Still Perkin'
neworleanscoffeeshop.com
,
2727 Prytania St., 504-899-0335
Judy at the Rink
facebook.com/judyattherink
, 2727 Prytania St., 504-891-7018
Mignon
mignonnola.com
,
2727 Prytania St., 504-891-2374
New Orleans Women's Opera Guild Home
operaguildhome.org
,
2504 Prytania St.,
504-899-1945
Louise S. McGehee School
mcgeheeschool.com
,
2343 Prytania St., 504-561-1224
Commander's Palace
commanderspalace.com
,
1403 Washington Ave., 504-899-8221
Lafayette No. 1 Cemetery
saveourcemeteries.org/lafayette-cemetery-no-1
,
1400 Wash-
ington Ave., 504-658-3781
House of Broel
houseofbroel.com
, 2220 St. Charles Ave., 504-522-2220
