The story
Thomas Sully's 1884 Italianate house for Simon Hernsheim, now the Columns Hotel, on the National Register.
Everything that was here
- 1884–present · still open
The Columns HotelHotel
Pretty Baby was filmed in this tobacco magnate's mansion.
See the map in 1885 →
Nearby history
Casamento's Restaurant
4330 Magazine Street · 309 m away
Tiled inside and out in 1919, closed every summer.
Tipitina's
501 Napoleon Avenue · 466 m away
Opened in 1977 to give Professor Longhair a stage.
Commander's Palace
1403 Washington Avenue · 1.8 km away
Coliseum Theater
1233 Coliseum Street · 2.3 km away
Dew Drop Inn
2836 LaSalle Street · 2.3 km away
Pontchartrain Hotel
2031 St. Charles Avenue · 2.4 km away
Where Tennessee Williams worked on A Streetcar Named Desire.
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