New Orleans Historic Hotels
The hotels of New Orleans have welcomed countless visitors in a history stretching back to the eighteenth century. From humble boardinghouse beginnings to the grand hotels of the nineteenth century and through to the modern properties that stand today, hotel life in New Orleans has reflected the city's own story. From political scandal and celebrity intrigue to events that shaped the landscape of the entire country, the story of New Orleans's hotels is an endlessly engaging one. Travel writer Paul Oswell checks into the great hotels of the past and the present, telling the story of the properties that stood the test of time, as well as those that didn't. Using city records, newspaper archives, vintage travel guides and anecdotal stories in the best New Orleans tradition, he brings each one to life and in the process fleshes out the story of the city's hospitality industry and, by extension, its lively, fascinating history.
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New Orleans Historic Hotels
The hotels of New Orleans have welcomed countless visitors in a history stretching back to the eighteenth century. From humble boardinghouse beginnings to the grand hotels of the nineteenth century and through to the modern properties that stand today, hotel life in New Orleans has reflected the city's own story. From political scandal and celebrity intrigue to events that shaped the landscape of the entire country, the story of New Orleans's hotels is an endlessly engaging one. Travel writer Paul Oswell checks into the great hotels of the past and the present, telling the story of the properties that stood the test of time, as well as those that didn't. Using city records, newspaper archives, vintage travel guides and anecdotal stories in the best New Orleans tradition, he brings each one to life and in the process fleshes out the story of the city's hospitality industry and, by extension, its lively, fascinating history.
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New Orleans Historic Hotels

New Orleans Historic Hotels

by Paul Oswell
New Orleans Historic Hotels
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New Orleans Historic Hotels

by Paul Oswell

Overview

The hotels of New Orleans have welcomed countless visitors in a history stretching back to the eighteenth century. From humble boardinghouse beginnings to the grand hotels of the nineteenth century and through to the modern properties that stand today, hotel life in New Orleans has reflected the city's own story. From political scandal and celebrity intrigue to events that shaped the landscape of the entire country, the story of New Orleans's hotels is an endlessly engaging one. Travel writer Paul Oswell checks into the great hotels of the past and the present, telling the story of the properties that stood the test of time, as well as those that didn't. Using city records, newspaper archives, vintage travel guides and anecdotal stories in the best New Orleans tradition, he brings each one to life and in the process fleshes out the story of the city's hospitality industry and, by extension, its lively, fascinating history.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781626196872
Publisher: History Press, The
Publication date: 10/21/2014
Series: Landmarks
Pages: 176
Product dimensions: 5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

Paul Oswell is a writer and travel journalist. He was born in Chorley, Lancashire, England. He has written for a wide variety of national newspapers and magazines since 1999, reporting from all seven continents (yes, including Antarctica). He has been based in New Orleans since 2011, and has been visiting the city since 2001. He has edited several guidebooks to the city, including work for Fodor's and Dorling Kindersley and he is the author of the guide New Orleans For Free" (2014)."

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements 9

Introduction 11

1 The Early Hotels of New Orleans 21

2 The St. Charles Hotel 34

3 The New Astor Hotel (Formerly the Cosmopolitan Hotel) 43

4 Maison de Ville 47

5 The Roosevelt (Formerly the Grunewald and the Fairmont) 55

6 Audubon Cottages 64

7 Le Pavillon (Formerly the New Hotel Denechaud and the Hotel DeSoto) 69

8 Omni Royal Orleans (Formerly the City Exchange, the St. Louis Hotel, the Royal Orleans Hotel) 77

9 Soniat House 85

10 The Monteleone 90

11 The Cornstalk Hotel 99

12 The Bourbon Orleans Hotel 103

13 Le Richelieu 109

14 Andrew Jackson French Quarter Hotel 116

15 The Lafitte Guest House 120

16 Place D'Armes Hotel 125

17 Further Historic Hotels: Short Stories 129

18 French Quarter Guest Houses: Lamonthe House, Inn on Ursulines, Inn on St. Peter, Inn on St. Ann 146

19 The Jung and the Rise of Canal Street Hotels 149

20 Hotels in Modern-Day New Orleans 151

Appendix I Metting the Official Historian of the Hotel Montelcone 157

Appendix II Recipes from Selected New Orleans Hotels 161

Appendix III Historical Guidebook Hotel Directories 167

Appendix IV New Orleans Historic Hotel Directory 171

Bibliography 173

About the Author 175

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