The Beauregard-Keyes House is a historic residence located at 1113 Chartres Street in the French Quarter

French Quarter

The French Quarter, also known as Vieux Carré, is the oldest neighborhood in the city of New Orleans. When New Orleans was founded in 1718 by Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville, the city was originally centered on the French Quarter, or the Vieux Carré as it was known then...

, New Orleans, Louisiana

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. It is currently a museum focusing on some of the past residents of the house, most notably Confederate

Confederate States Army

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 General Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard and American

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 author

Writer

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 Frances Parkinson Keyes

Frances Parkinson Keyes

Frances Parkinson Keyes was an American author, and a convert to Roman Catholicism, whose works frequently featured Catholic themes and beliefs. Her last name rhymes with "skies," not "keys."-Life and career:...

.

Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard

Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard married his second wife, Caroline Deslonde, in 1860. Caroline was the daughter of André Deslonde, a sugar planter from St. James Parish. The newlyweds honeymooned briefly in the house.

After the American Civil War

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, Beauregard returned to 1113 Chartres Street and lived in the house from 1866 to 1868.

Frances Parkinson Keyes

American author Frances Parkinson Keyes

Frances Parkinson Keyes

Frances Parkinson Keyes was an American author, and a convert to Roman Catholicism, whose works frequently featured Catholic themes and beliefs. Her last name rhymes with "skies," not "keys."-Life and career:...

 purchased the house at 1113 Chartres Street and made it her residence.


While residing at the house, Keyes wrote numerous books, some of which included Beauregard as a character. The house and Beauregard were at the center of her novel Madame Castel's Lodger.

The house today

The Beauregard-Keyes house was restored to its Victorian

Victorian architecture

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style and showcases items from Beauregard's family, as well as Keyes' studio and her collections of dolls and rare porcelain veilleuses (tea pots). The house is open for tours.