Privacy and Elegance
1410 Governor Nicholls Street, New Orleans

The Location

Historically, this is the most New Orleans important neighborhood outside of the French Quarter, largely developed by free people of color, once the site of the Tremé plantation.  Gov. Nicholls Street traces the path of centuries-old Bayou Road, an early trade route that settlers used for commerce with the native Indian tribes.

Today, the area offers a large variety of cultural activities in the immediate area including museum programs, marching clubs, Mardi Gras Indians, church festivals, events at Louis Armstrong Park, house tours and cafes.  It is served by an active and effective neighborhood organization, the  Historic Faubourg Tremé Association (HFTA).

Historic Tremé is on the cusp of rapid, area-wide revitalization.  The area has beautiful historic homes, large lots and wide streets. An important antebellum cottage-museum is next door to the house.

The Home

This eight-room single home can be found on an 1887 map and is possibly older. Classically elegant but unpretentious, it is considered the queen of Tremé.  Originally constructed as a ten-room double shotgun, it was lit by gaslight and heated by coal fireplaces, with water supplied by a well and cistern. It once had four outside doors per side.

Features include ten fireplaces (non-working), two mid-wall placements and eight corner placements, twelve and ten-foot ceilings, continuous-run, variable-plank, heart-pine flooring; cypress millwork (ten and twelve-inch baseboards, mantels, floors, molding), and heart-pine wainscotting

Additional features:

• Three bedrooms, one and one half baths

• 2,269 sq. ft. of living area

• Gated off-street parking in wide side yard

• 53.4' X 128' lot

• Generous back yard with lush regional vegetation (side and back)

• Insulation in attic and walls

• Spacious two-level attic suitable for additional living space

• The very flexible floor plan presently features a great room, cozy dining room, light-filled kitchen, artist studio and study

• Refrigerator, dishwasher, washer and dryer included

• All light fixtures and window coverings are included

This lovely home was renovated to preserve the historic flavor while allowing for a modern lifestyle.  It is extremely private and has the feel of a comfortable country cottage.

New Price:  $339,000

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