New Orleans ยท French Quarter
Bienville House
Built as the Planters Rice Mill in 1835 and a hotel by about 1837; the Monteleone family bought it in 1972 and restored it as Bienville House.
- Built
- 1835Built 1835 as the Planters Rice Mill (HHA); became the North American Hotel about 1837. The hotel's own history page says it was turned into a hotel in 1835.
- Style
- Classical Revival
- Type
- Boutique hotel
- Area
- French Quarter
- Credentials
- Historic Hotels of America member; Inside a National Register historic district
The story
The building opened in 1835 as the Planters Rice Mill and soon housed a syrup plant before becoming the North American Hotel about 1837. Over the next century it was a fire station, apartments and a boarding house called the Royal Bienville, and in the 1960s a motor hotel. The Monteleone family bought it in 1972 and restored it as Bienville House; it joined Historic Hotels of America in 2006.
Good to know
- Parking: on-site paid
- Pets welcome
- Address: 320 Decatur Street, New Orleans, LA 70130
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Last verified October 2026. Details change; confirm with the inn before you book.