New Orleans ยท CBD
Le Pavillon
Opened in 1907 as the New Hotel Denechaud on Poydras Street; as the DeSoto, its penthouse was the first home of radio station WDSU.
- Built
- 1907Construction began 1905 and finished 1907; opened 1907 as the New Hotel Denechaud.
- Style
- Renaissance Revival
- Type
- Grand hotel
- Area
- CBD
- Credentials
- Historic Hotels of America member; Inside a National Register historic district
The story
La Baronne Realty Company bought the Poydras Street site in 1899 and completed the hotel in 1907, when Justin Denechaud took it over as the New Hotel Denechaud. New owners renamed it the DeSoto Hotel around the start of World War I, and its penthouse was the first home of radio station WDSU, whose ‘D’ stood for DeSoto. It was relaunched as Le Pavillon in the 1970s (Wikipedia: 1971), with European decor and statuary, and joined Historic Hotels of America in 1994.
Good to know
- Breakfast: available
- Parking: on-site paid
- Pets welcome
- Address: 833 Poydras Street, New Orleans, LA 70112
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Last verified October 2026. Details change; confirm with the inn before you book.