Hotel St. Pierre, French Colonial architectural ensemble in French Quarter, New Orleans, United States
Hotel St. Pierre is a group of connected French Creole cottages in the French Quarter of New Orleans, Louisiana. The buildings are made of brick and timber and arranged around shared courtyards that include two outdoor pools.
The oldest structure on the site is the Gabriel Peyroux House, built in 1780, one of the few surviving buildings from the French colonial period in New Orleans. Over time, more cottages were added and the whole group was converted into a hotel.
The site once housed the world's first jazz museum, displaying significant instruments and artifacts from early musicians. Guests walking through can sense the musical history embedded in these spaces that celebrated jazz heritage.
The ensemble sits in the French Quarter, so most of the neighborhood's main spots are easy to reach on foot. Rooms are spread across several buildings, so it is worth asking at check-in which house your room is in.
The walls of the original buildings were filled with a mix of Mississippi River mud, Spanish moss, and horsehair packed between the timber posts. This building technique, known as briquetage entre poteaux, has almost completely disappeared from Louisiana.
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