Bourbon Orleans Hotel
In the heart of the French Quarter, the Bourbon Orleans rose from the Orleans Ballroom and Theatre, where lavish Creole balls once filled the room beneath its chandeliers. In 1881 the Sisters of the Holy Family acquired the building, running it as a convent, school, and orphanage for more than eighty years and tending children through waves of yellow fever before it became a hotel in 1966.
Guests and staff now speak of a woman in a flowing gown who dances alone in the old ballroom, while children's laughter drifts down empty corridors. Room 644 carries the legend of a lingering nun, with reports of unease and cries in the night, the building's many lives lending it a reputation as one of the country's most haunted hotels.
📍 717 Orleans Street, New Orleans, LA 70116, New Orleans, LA · Get directions