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The Garden District

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Nov 21 – This is our day to head south to explore the Garden District, where the New Orleans rich moved in the 1800s to get away from the crowded French Quarter. It is here that Ann Rice lived and placed many of her Vampire stories, and here that Peyton and Eli Manning grew up.

Some of these historical mansions have plaques indicating their age and the style in which they were built. Many contain more than one style, and are considered ‘transitional’.

This house is of the Greek Revival style
Nice fountain
One of the few we saw that were made of brick
You know you’re in a classy neighborhood if there is an Episcopal cathedral there!
Tulane and Loyola Universities have beautiful campuses here. We spoke with a student from Maine who absolutely loves it here!
Gorgeous trees
Meticulous gardens
Lafeyette Cemetery #1 is walled off and locked up
Here are the raised tombs that can be seen from the gate. The tombs became popular here as buried coffins would often flood and need T o be reburied.
We read that the tombs can be opened once a year to deposit a new body and remove last year’s bones
I don’t think the green building is a tomb…
Some houses are stately…
…and some are funky
Statuary that is classical….
…and some that is playful
We stopped into the Gracious Bakery on St. Charles Ave. for a mid morning coffee
The cherry cream cheese turnover did not disappoint
Grecian columns
This 1891 mansion was built in the Queen Anne style
The Robinson mansion was built in 1857 in the Italianate style
Some have places to hitch your horses
We had a recommendation to try the special at Stein’s Deli on Magazine St. We ordered a Cubano to eat later.
Here comes the green St.Charles streetcar to take us back home
The streetcar felt pretty stately too
Some wall art on O’Keefe Avenue for my O’Keefe family
Back in our suite we shared the Cubano sandwich we purchased at the deli and pronounced it “bon!”