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Claiborne Cottage New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, USA

1857: Construction of Claiborne Cottage by John McVittie for Sophronie Louise Claiborne, daughter of Louisiana's first governor
1861: Sophronie Louise Claiborne sells her cottage on St. Charles Ave. to James Dameron for $17,000
1868: Claiborne Cottage is purchased for $19,750
1923: Redemptorist Fathers buy Claiborne Cottage for use as a school (Notre Dame de Bon Secours)
1953: Claiborne Cottage becomes a convent for the Sisters of Mercy
1995: Novelist Anne Rice purchases Claiborne Cottage with her husband Stan Rice
October 15, 1997: Publication of *Violin* by Anne Rice, a ghost story set in her home at Claiborne Cottage

Claiborne Cottage, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, USA location