LeCarpentier-Beauregard-Keyes House


  • Hours: Monday - Saturday 10:00 am - 3:00 pm, Tours begin on the hour and lasts about 45 minutes
  • Phone: 504.523.7257
  • Travel Genus: Sight , Visit
  • Sight Category: Museums
  • Activity Category: Tour
  • Available for private functions


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Timeline

Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
1826/00/00 Francois Correjolles Architect LeCarpentier-Beauregard-Keyes House is built from plans of Francisco Correjolles by architect-builder James Lambert for Joseph LeCarpentier, a successful auctioneer.
1860/06/17 P G T Beauregard Groom P G T Beauregard marries Caroline Deslonde, the daughter of Andre Deslonde, a St James Parish sugar planter. They honeymoon at the LeCarpentier-Beauregard-Keyes House.
1868/00/00 P G T Beauregard Home P G T Beauregard's home from 1866 to 1868.
1944/00/00 Frances Parkinson Keyes Home During WW II, Frances Keyes, writing a book set in Louisiana, rents rooms in the Beauregard House. Over the next few years she restores the livable parts of the house at her own expense.
1960/00/00 Frances Parkinson Keyes Author "The Chess Players" is published. Set in New Orleans and Paris, the novel is based on chess champion Paul Morphy, the grandson of the original owner of the house, Joseph LeCarpentier.

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Particulars for LeCarpentier-Beauregard-Keyes House:
Area of Significance Architecture
Criteria Architecture-Engineering
Sight Category Building
Criteria Historic Event
Museum Type Historical Museum
Area of Significance Literature
Criteria Person
Owner Private
Historic Use Single dwelling



US National Registry of Historic Places Data »

Accurate at time of registration:

PLACE DETAILS
Registry Name:
Registry Address:
Registry Number: 75000853
Resource Type:
Owner: Private
Architect: Dorrejolles,Francisco; Lambert,James
Architectural Style: No style listed
CULTURAL DETAILS
Level of Significance: State
Area of Significance: Literature, Architecture
Applicable Criteria: Event, Architecture-Engineering, Person
Period of Significance: 1825-1849
Significant Year: 1826
Associated People: Keyes,Frances Parkinson
Historic Function: Domestic
Historic Sub-Function: Single dwelling
Current Function: Recreation and Culture
Current Sub-Function: Museum

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