New Orleans · French Quarter
Hotel Provincial
Opened by the Dupepe family in 1961 on Chartres Street; its oldest building, the hotel says, is an 1825 townhouse with former slave quarters.
- Built
- 1825Oldest building: the 300 building, an 1825 townhouse with its former slave quarters (per the hotel), restored 1967. The 400 building dates to the 1830s, the 500 building to 1874, and the 100 and 200 buildings were built new by the Dupepe family and opened as the hotel in 1961.
- Type
- Boutique hotel
- Area
- French Quarter
- Credentials
- Inside a National Register historic district
The story
The hotel says the land was granted around 1725 to Louis Boucher de Granpré, a lieutenant of New Orleans founder Bienville, and that the site of its 500 building held a military hospital built in 1722. The French Market Ice Company occupied the tract from 1903 until a fire destroyed it; Vernon and Eunice Dupepe then bought the land and opened the hotel in 1961 with 44 rooms. The family later restored neighboring buildings, including an 1825 townhouse and an 1830s Creole store-and-residence, and acquired an 1874 building in 1969.
The ghost story
The hotel's own blog repeats a story that a security guard stepped off the elevator onto the second floor into a scene of a Civil War field hospital; the hotel says the property served as a hospital during the war. This is reported lore.
Source: www.hotelprovincial.com
Good to know
- Breakfast: available
- Parking: on-site paid
- Elevator
- Address: 1024 Chartres Street, New Orleans, LA 70116
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Last verified October 2026. Details change; confirm with the inn before you book.