Degas briefly lived with musson in another home on esplanade avenue during a visit to new orleans.
Home tours garden district new orleans. Tour of the garden district during my trip to new orleans in february 2018. From the several homes passed down for generations that fill the garden district to house museums located in the french. Homes of the garden district. The prc home tour is self guided originating at trinity episcopal church 1329 jackson avenue.
The garden district is one of the most prestigious and storied neighborhoods in new orleans home to some of the city s iconic sights and architecture. He was the uncle of french artist edgar degas. This garden district walking tour takes you on a stroll around the beautiful uptown neighborhood with a guide including a walk through the historic lafayette cemetery the first and. Walking in the garden district was a great experience and i d definitely recommend to learn more about the history of.
This home was built in 1853 for michel musson one of the few creoles living in the garden district before the civil war. You can spend ages looking at new orleans s historic architecture. New orleans is known for many things not the least of which is her architecture with an abundance of homes from the 19th century many of which historic and the secret gardens to complement them it s no wonder why one of the favorite pastimes of visitors is to go on a tour of homes. The prc tours focus on homes in the city s garden district and the patio planters tours include residences in the french quarter.