Beauregard-Keyes House - New Orleans

The Beauregard-Keyes House is located on Chartres Street in the French Quarter of New Orleans, Louisiana.  The house sits on property once owned by the Ursuline nuns.  The property was purchased by auctioneer Joseph Le Carpentier in 1825.  In 1826 the current house was built in the Transitional style by James Lambert, incorporating both Creole and Greek Revival styles.  Between 1866 and 1868 former Confederate General Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard lived in the house.  In 1865 the former officer had taken a position as superintendent of the New Orleans, Jackson and Great Northern Railroad and by 1866 had become their president.  In July 1868 he, along with many other Confederate officers, was issued a pardon by President Andrew Johnson.  In 1945 author Frances Parkinson Keyes purchased the mansion and restored it to its Victorian appearance.  In 1942 she began a series of books on Louisiana, several of which, including Madame Castel's Lodger, featured P.G.T. Beauregard as a character.  Keyes died in the home in 1970.  Today the house serves as a museum and her study and various artifacts are on display.  The Beauregard-Keyes House was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975. 

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