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On a tour of the house one enters through the unique circular vestibule which has curved sliding wrought-iron doors. Among many varied and fashionably decorated rooms, one can see the Flower Arranging Room, the Blue Room – accurately decorated with blue carpeting, walls and furniture, The Art Gallery, the Drawing Room – which is the most formal room of the house and has been the setting for the entertainment of such notables as Eleanor Roosevelt, John and Robert Kennedy, Pablo Casals, Jack Benny and others, The Wrapping Room – used only to open mail and wrap presents, among many more. Longue Vue House and Gardens is a model of the fashionable, but conservative, taste of wealthy Americans during the 30’s and 40’s and a way of life that has all but disappeared.
The eight acres of beauty that comprise Longue Vue’s gardens are an idyllic and tranquil oasis in the lively pulse that is urban New Orleans. Though situated less than 20 minutes from New Orleans’ Central Business District and French Quarter, the gardens of Longue Vue are a world apart from the hot sidewalk bustle of Bourbon Street. The cool shady lushness of the Johnson or Goldfish Pond Garden and the serene natural beauty of the Wild Garden are just two of the nine garden “rooms” to explore at Longue Vue.
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Botanical Garden / Museums / Tours |
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$10  |
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Mon-Sat: 10am-4:30pm
Sun: 1pm-5pm |
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