The Henry Howard Hotel

The Henry Howard Hotel is an intimate boutique hotel at 1540 Prytania Street in the Lower Garden District of New Orleans, Louisiana. It occupies an 1867 mansion designed by the noted architect Henry Howard, whose work shaped much of the city's nineteenth-century residential architecture. The setting is a residential, tree-lined stretch of the Lower Garden District, a short distance from the Magazine Street shopping and dining corridor and from the St. Charles Avenue streetcar line. The Warehouse District and the National WWII Museum are within a few minutes by car or ride-share, and the French Quarter is roughly two miles away. Rooms include king and queen configurations as well as suites, with typical rates from about US$140 to US$300 per night. Amenities listed include a courtyard, a lounge, and complimentary breakfast. The courtyard provides a quiet outdoor space, the lounge serves as a gathering spot in the evening, and the included breakfast simplifies morning plans. The property does not offer a pool or a spa, so its appeal is the historic architecture, the neighborhood setting, and the personal scale. Service is warm and small-scale, in the manner of a guesthouse, and staff can offer advice on neighborhood restaurants, Magazine Street boutiques, and the streetcar routes. The hotel suits couples, repeat visitors, and travelers who prefer a calm residential base to the bustle of the Quarter. Guests should plan to use the streetcar, walking, or ride-share to reach French Quarter sights, since the area is not within an easy stroll of Bourbon Street. The Garden District's mansions and Lafayette Cemetery are also easy to reach.