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Claiborne Cottage New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, USA

This cottage at 2524 St. Charles Avenue was built in 1857 for Sophronie Louise Claiborne, daughter of Louisiana's first governor. Her Creole husband, de Marigny, was President of the Louisiana Senate.

Claiborne Cottage, New Orleans, Louisiana
Claiborne Cottage (1857) at 2524 St. Charles Avenue, Garden District, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. Image credit: Holly Hayes

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This cottage at 2524 St. Charles Avenue was built in 1857 for Sophronie Louise Claiborne, daughter of Louisiana's first governor. Her Creole husband, de Marigny, was President of the Louisiana Senate. Anne Rice lived here from 1995 and it is the setting for her novel Violin.