New Orleans - Longue Vue House and Gardens

 
Longue Vue House and Gardens is a Classical Revival style mansion that was the New Orleans home of philanthropists Edgar Bloom Stern and his wife Edith. The home is furnished in 18th and 19th C antiques with 8-acres of landscaped formal and informal gardens. Longue Vue was designed by renowned architects William and Geoffrey Platt and by Ellen Biddle Shipman, one of America's premier landscape architects. The Lucy C Roussel Discovery Garden is intended for children with a giant living sundial, bamboo tunnel, working vegetable garden, hydroponic water tank, herb maze and a Secret Garden.

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Address: Longue Vue House & Gardens, 7 Bamboo Road, New Orleans, LA 70124-1007, United States
Phone: 1 (504) 488-5488, Fax: 1 (504) 486-7015
Hours:
10am-4:30pm; Sun: 1pm-5pm
Guides: Guided tour included with admission.
Facilities: Gift shop

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