Le Pavillon Hotel

HOTEL INFORMATION

HISTORY & LOCATION

Poydras Street is the central corridor of the New Orleans business In 1899, after the final disposition of the legal proceedings, the district, minutes away from the Superdome, the Convention Center and property was acquired by La Baronne Realty Company, who erected a the historic French Quarter. Such urban bustle was not always the scene spectacular palace called the New Hotel Denechaud. The old Hotel along this parcel of land, once part of the huge plantation belonging to Denechaud had stood on the corner of Carondelet and Perdido Streets, Mr. Jean Gravier, one of the leading citizens of early New Orleans. The and had been considered perhaps the finest hotel in the South; the new property had originally belonged to the Jesuits, who purchased it hotel was intended to carry its great tradition of continental splendor directly from the Sieur de Bienville, the founder of New Orleans; it fell even further. into Mr. Gravier’s hands after the Jesuits were expelled from the region. The eminent New Orleans architects, Toledano and Woggan, The plantation produced primarily sugar cane and indigo; but as assisted by Rathbone E DeBuys, designed the new structure; Gravier’s fortune declined, so did the condition of the land. construction was by the New York firm of Milliken Brothers. By the turn of the 19th century, the area was a forbidding outward Completed in 1907, the Hotel achieved new heights of elegance and fringe of the city, described by a writer of the time as a place of “foul luxury; among its more unusual features were the first hydraulic deeds and midnight murders...the dismal willows could be heard elevators ever to be installed in New Orleans and the first basement ever uttering plaintive sounds with every gust of wind.” Cypress thickets and built in the city. Electric lighting was also among the array of then- cemeteries; treacherous bogs inhabited by mosquitoes, bats, hoot owls; modern features. the land was a place where “no ordinary courage was required to The New Hotel Denechaud received instant international acclaim as venture alone.” The night was filled with sounds of wild men and a monument to refined taste and luxurious accommodation; in the beasts, the air thick with intrigue and desperate plots. heyday of the Grand Hotels, the Denechaud was one of the Grandest. A Poydras Street was at this time a canal, a murky, stagnant ditch seemingly endless parade of famous people passed through its doors, leading into a basin which formed a weed-choked pond; popular as a and events of great glamour and magnitude transpired under its roof. hunting spot for geese and snipe. The street leading to the canal, which Through wars, Prohibition, the Great Depression and the advent of the runs the length of the current hotel property, has born the names of the horseless carriage, the Hotel sustained and enhanced its reputation as god Bacchus; the Spanish brigadier general and territorial governor one of the finest in the world.

Manuel de Salcedo; and the Baronne de Carondelet, wife of Baron In 1970, ownership of the hotel passed into new hands, and a major Carondelet, who supposedly planted a rose garden near the spot where restoration project was undertaken. While maintaining an extraordinary the street intersected the canal. The garden failed, but her name remains sensitivity to the beauty of the original architecture and interior design, a attached to the street to this day. The area as a whole was known at the bevy of modern luxury features were added, wedding the glory of the time as Faubourg Ste. Marie. past to the refinements of the present. Crystal chandeliers from In the early 1830s, the land was reclaimed and filled in by the oldest Czechoslovakia, marble floors from several locations around the railroad in the city, the New Orleans and Carrollton, which extended continent, marble railings from the lobby of the Grand Hotel in Paris, Baronne St. across the basin Gravier. Some of the newly restored land spectacular Italian columns to grace the exterior, and fine art and was ceded to the city, but the area on which the Hotel now stands antiques from the world over have found a home in New Orleans. Here remained part of the railroad holdings; hence the name of the short street they are joined by high-tech communications capabilities, a variety of running behind the Hotel, Carroll Street. The railroad built its main convenient guest services, and all of the amenities a modern hotel depot on the site; there their horse cars connected with the steam trains should provide. The spacious, exquisitely furnished rooms and suites from Tivoli Circle (now Lee Circle) and ran six miles upriver to the welcome each visitor to a comfortable, deluxe home away from home. thriving village of Carrollton. Crowning it all is the rooftop pool and patio, the perfect place for a

After the railroad depot fell into disuse, the building was remodeled refreshing swim with a spectacular view of the Crescent City and the to accommodate circuses, traveling shows and other spectacles. The old vast, sweeping Mississippi River. To complete the renaissance of this living legend, the hotel was renamed Le Pavillon. edifice was replaced in 1867 by the National Theatre, frequently called the German Theatre, the scene of performances ranging from the On June 24, 1991, Le Pavillon was placed on the National Register sublime to the absurd. of Historic Places by the U.S. Department of the Interior.

In the 1870s, the property became embroiled in a series of legal In a steel and glass world of lightning-paced uniformity, the age of the grand Hotels almost seems like ancient history. wrangling that continued through the rest of the century and went all the way to the United States Supreme Court; the city attempted a variety of Only a privileged few of today’s travelers are fortunate enough to maneuvers to claim the land, but ultimately lost the battle. The property find themselves surrounded by the timeless luxury and magnificent at this time was owned by Mr. Philip Werlein, founder of the famous service that are the reminders of a more genteel time of relaxing days music store; the German Theatre became known as Werlein Hall. The and sophisticated, sparkling nights; such a place, such a time, lives on building was destroyed by a suspicious fire in 1889. today in the historic magnificent Le Pavillon Hotel.

ACCOMMODATIONS

226 Guestrooms

111 Singles | 98 Double-Doubles | 8 Jr. Suits | 7 Specialty Suites

DELUXE KING JR. SUITE DELUXE DOUBLE-DOUBLE

SUITE 730 – Parlor SUITE 730 – Bath

SUITE 330 SUITE 430 SUITE 530

SUITE 830 SUITE 930

SERVICES & FACILITIES

Concierge Services In-Room Coffee Maker & Refrigerator Fitness Center 4 Diamond & 4 Star Rooftop Pool & Cabanas USA Today and Local Newspaper Complimentary Wifi in Guestrooms & Public Space In-Room Safe

TRADITIONAL PEANUT BUTTER & JELLY SANDWICHES SERVED NIGHTLY 10:00PM - 11:00PM

Every evening, Le Pavillon hotel invites her guests congregate in the lobby for a little taste of home – freshly made PB& J sandwiches alongside ice cold milk and piping hot chocolate.

The history of this long-standing custom can be traced back to a rather unique evening one September evening in 1988. A guest checked into the hotel, arriving after a very long journey. He situated his belongings in his room and then retired to the lounge for a nightcap – a tall glass of milk. When the barkeep inquired as to his peculiar choice of drink, the guest began telling him about his family back home and how since he was away from them so often, they began a small ritual that they would do at the same time every evening. His young daughter was partial to a late night snack of PB&J and milk at the kitchen table. None of the hotels he would visit could provide him with the homemade treat, but he would still make it a point to order a glass of milk to share with his daughter miles away.

As fate would have it, the barkeep on duty that night was actually the hotel’s general manager, who was substituting for one of his employees who had left early due to a last minute family emergency. Intrigued with the guest’s story and wanting to make his stay extra special, the general manager asked the late night kitchen staff if they happened to have the necessary ingredients to whip up the nostalgic sandwich. Sure enough, within minutes, the guest was presented with the one item that could complete his nightly ritual of an evening snack with his daughter hundreds of miles away - a freshly made PB&J sandwich. Before long, word spread throughout the lounge and almost everyone wanted a PB&J sandwich too!

Touched by the situation and seeing how much everyone was enjoying their snacks, a tradition began. Ever since that night in 1988, the hotel has offered the complimentary snack at 10pm nightly in the lobby.

POINTS OF INTEREST

TRANSPORTATION & PARKING

LOUIS ARMSTRONG INTERNATIONAL (MSY) | 23 miles | 15 minutes

Airport Shuttle | $33 round trip | $24 one way

Taxi | $36 one way

Uber | $33 one way

HOTEL PARKING Valet | $15 up to 10hrs (till 4pm) | $39 overnight Bus | $109 overnight

DINING

LE GALLERY | Bar & Lounge

Monday - Friday| 3:30PM - 12:00AM

Saturday - Sunday | 11:00AM - 12:00AM

THE CRYSTAL ROOM | Authentic Louisiana Cuisine

Breakfast | 6:30AM - 10:00AM | 7 Days a Week

Lunch | 11:00AM - 2:00PM | Monday - Friday

Brunch| 8:30AM - 1:00PM | Sunday

ROOM SERVICE

Breakfast | 6:30AM - 11:30AM

All Day Dining | Lunch & Dinner | 11:30AM - 10:00PM

Overnight | 10:00PM - 6:30AM

“The Belle of New Orleans." This fine mid-nineteenth century portrait is of a woman who lived in Le Gallery Lounge is home to an antique three- arch New Orleans. The magnificent gold leaf frame is hand-carved with delicate foliate in the corners. Brunswick Mahogany bar made in Chicago ca. 1880. Also She was a matriarch of a once wealthy New Orleans family who, upon falling upon hard times, surrounding the lounge is an extremely rare Siena marble sold the portrait to Le Pavillon Hotel on three conditions. The first condition was that she never balustrade with green onyx baluster and bronze ormolu leaves New Orleans. The second was that she be the only female portrait to hang in the room. The mounts. This balustrade once enclosed a reserved seating third condition of the purchase required that her identity and that of her family, never be divulged. area in the Grand Hotel in Paris. She now resides proudly overlooking the Crystal Room of the hotel.