About New Orleans' Garden District

Few people from the United States lived in New Orleans during its colonial era however with the completion of the Louisiana Purchase in 1803, Americans swarmed into New Orleans to take advantage of the boom in Mississippi River commerce. With so many Americans moving into New Orleans friction arose between the arriving Americans and the mostly Creole residents of the already crowded French Quarter resulting in the Americans moving upriver to create their own residential district of mansions in the city of Lafayette which was later annexed to the city of New Orleans in 1852.

New Orleans Garden District was settled in the 1850's by successful entrepreneurs, the "nouveau riche" of that time. Before these entrepreneurs settled this land it was mainly made up of a number of plantations. The plantation owners sold of parcels of land to mainly the wealthy. Originally the area was settled with only a couple of house per city block with elaborate gardens surrounded each home giving it, its name "The Garden District." The homes that were built were large, elegant and elaborate mansions exemplifying many architectural styles, including Greek Revival, Italianate and Queen Anne Victorians.

As New Orleans grew and became more urban these wonderful lots were sub divided and sold off to build more smaller homes. Today its very common to see one or two 19th century mansions surrounded by smaller more modern homes.

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There is nothing cookie cutter about the housing stock in New Orleans. There is 18 th century housing to brand new. There is housing that is in very poor condition and considered blighted to magnificent St. Charles mansions. When you refer to "New Orleans" you are also referring to many diverse neighborhoods and it is a large area. The following is a snapshot for an area of New Orleans called the Garden District which is known for some for grandest estates but when you look at the statistics there is a broad range of prices and housing styles available. Many areas of New Orleans are street to street with one really wonderful street being next to a street with blighted or poor condition properties...it's just the way it is. It provides wonderful opportunities to individuals wanting to move to New Orleans and having the resources and the where with all to gut and restore a property.

I looked at single family homes in "Area 65" in New Orleans. Our MLS is divided into areas...

January, 2011

45 Active Properties for Sale

Low Price is $35,000 for 1100 sq ft, 2 bedroom, 1 bath in "poor" condition 595 days on market

High Price is $3,500,000 for 13,369 sq ft, 13 bedrooms, 14 baths in "excellent" condition 114 days on market

SOLD

5 properties Sold in January

Low price was $115,000 for a 2 bedroom, 1 bath 760 sq ft in "very good" condition 69 days on market

High price was $465,453 for 3 bedrooms, 2 bath, 1975 sq ft in "very good" condition

MEDIAN

$185,000 selling price for 2 bedroom, 2bath, 1090 sq ft on the market 69 days

Sign on a local shoe repair shop on Magazine Street, New Orleans, LA:

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