Madam John's Legacy - New Orleans

Madame John's Legacy is located on Royal Street in the French Quarter of New Orleans, Louisiana.  The original structure was built sometime in the 1830's for Francois Marin ans his wife Elisabeth Real.  After Elisabeth's death in 1777 the house was purchased by Manuel de Lanzos, who owned the building when the fires of 1788 destroyed much of the structure.  That same year construction began on a new building, incorporating much of what was left unharmed by the fire.  The French Colonial style cottage is actually a complex of buildings, including a main house, slave quarters and a kitchen.  Madam John's survived the 1794 fires and went on to be used as an apartment house in the late 1800's.  By 1947 the house had been donated to the Louisiana State Museum and opened as a museum.  In 1965 it suffered hurricane damage and underwent several years of restoration.  The home's name is taken from an 1874 short story by New Orleans born author George Washington Cable entitled "Tite Poulette."  In the story the character Monsier John bequeaths a Dumaine Street house to his mistress, Madame John.  Madame John's Legacy still survives as a museum.  The home can be seen briefly in the 1995 film Interview With The Vampire.  It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places and designated a National Historic Landmark in 1970. 

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