New Orleans ยท Lower Garden District
The Pontchartrain Hotel
Completed on St. Charles Avenue in 1927 as a 14-story residential hotel; its Caribbean Room restaurant opened in 1948.
- Built
- 1927Completed 1927 as a residential hotel ('historic circa-1927 hotel', 14 stories, per the hotel); converted to transient rooms from 1941.
- Type
- Boutique hotel
- Area
- Lower Garden District
- Credentials
- Inside a National Register historic district
The story
E. Lysle Aschaffenburg revived his late father’s plan and built the Pontchartrain on St. Charles Avenue at Josephine Street, completing it in 1927 for about $1 million as a residential hotel. From 1941 most units were converted to hotel rooms, and the Caribbean Room restaurant opened in 1948. The hotel closed for renovation in 2007; AJ Capital Partners, with Cooper Manning as a part-owner, bought it in 2014 and reopened it after a larger renovation.
Good to know
- Breakfast: available
- Parking: on-site paid
- Pets welcome
- Address: 2031 St. Charles Avenue, New Orleans, LA 70130
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Last verified October 2026. Details change; confirm with the inn before you book.