01/21/2025
A NOLA snow day St Charles Avenue style!
The Elms Mansion
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The Elms Mansion is a historic special event venue.Call us today to schedule a visit at 504-895-9200. The Mansion is located on famed St.
(378)
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3029 St Charles Avenue
New Orleans, LA
70115
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| Tuesday | 10am - 4pm |
| Wednesday | 10am - 4pm |
| Thursday | 10am - 4pm |
| Friday | 10am - 4pm |
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The Elms Mansion is a one-of-a-kind historic venue located on the St. Charles Avenue Streetcar Line. Nestled in The Garden District, we have beautiful sprawling gardens on the Avenue as well as 4,000 square feet of indoor event space. The Mansion is quintessential New Orleans.
The Elms is locally owned and run by the third generation of the Elms Family. The family began using the home for private functions in 1968 shortly after the death of John Elms Sr., owner of the largest coin operated amusement company in the South.
The Mansion was built in 1869 for, “Yankee in Gray”, Watson Van Benthuysen II, C.S.A. Born in New York in the early 1830’s, Watson moved to New Orleans in the 1840’s. When the Civil War started, Watson became an officer in the Confederate Army.
A relative of Jefferson Davis by marriage, Van Benthuysen was the Quartermaster of the Presidential convoy that fled Richmond in April 1865. After the war, he became a prominent New Orleans businessman (a wine and to***co merchant) and the President of a Saint Charles streetcar company. Van Benthuysen died in his home in 1901.
