Houses and mansions in New Orleans
This tour visits places the Register records as dwellings, among them single houses, rowhouses and mansions. Many are private homes and the stops are meant to be seen from the sidewalk. More of the New Orleans register is houses than any other kind of building, 40 listings of it in all.
10 stops, 2.2 miles end to end. One stop is a National Historic Landmark.
Distances are straight lines between the coordinates in the National Park Service Register data, so the walk on the street will be longer. Nobody has walked or checked this as a route, and a listing does not mean a place is open to visitors. Stops last changed Sep 18, 2026.
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Map
Coordinates come from the National Park Service National Register spatial data, or from Wikidata where the spatial data has no point. The solid line joins the stops in walking order and is not a street route. Listings with a restricted address in the Register are never mapped and never become stops. Data refreshed November 02, 2026.
Walking order
- 1George Washington Cable HouseNHL1313 8th St.Building · listed 1966start
- 2Sommerville-Kearney House1401 Delachaise St.Building · listed 19780.2 mi from stop 1
- 3Bullitt-Longenecker House3627 Carondelet St.Building · listed 19810.3 mi from stop 2
- 4Simon Hernsheim House3811 St. Charles Ave.Building · listed 19820.1 mi from stop 3
- 5Grant-Black House3932 St. Charles Ave.Building · listed 1979458 ft from stop 4
- 6Rice House3643 Camp St.Building · listed 19780.3 mi from stop 5
- 7Tewell House1503 Valence St.Building · listed 19780.6 mi from stop 6
- 8Aldrich-Genella House4801 St. Charles Ave.Building · built 1866 · listed 19800.1 mi from stop 7
- 9Mary Louise Kennedy Genella House5022-5028 Prytania St.Building · listed 19820.2 mi from stop 8
- 10Isaacs–Williams Mansion5120 St. Charles Ave.Building · listed 19760.1 mi from stop 9
2.2 straight-line miles over 9 legs.
Taking it along
- Download the route as GPXFor a handheld GPS or a phone app
- Open all 10 stops in Google MapsSet the mode to walking once it opens
- Open the first stop in Apple MapsThe Apple Maps web link carries one destination, so this is stop 1 only
Local history books for New Orleans
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Guidebooks to historic places in Louisiana
Titles come from Open Library's catalog, matched by subject heading or by title.