Showing posts with label Cornstalk Hotel. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Cornstalk Hotel. Show all posts

Tuesday, September 13, 2016

Cornstalk Hotel - New Orleans, LA (The Mischievous Spirit and the Vegetable Fence)

915 Royal St. 
New Orleans, LA 70116
29.960027,-90.063193

Anyone who has ever taken a daytime stroll through the French Quarters can agree that the architecture is simply beautiful. It really is a melting pot of multiple building styles all thrown together to make for some pretty interesting locations. On any given block, examples of Moorish, Baroque, Spanish, Creole and Caribbean designs can be easily spotted. Some of these designs may not even follow a tradition style, as they are simply just unique in themselves. One home in particular that is found in the French Quarters not only sticks out due its own structure, but it garners attention due to its one of a kind fence!
Trust me, there are some unique fences in this part of town but that is because they are primarily there to inflict pain, as opposed to pleasure. As a deterrent to vandals, burglars and birds, many of the homes in the area have fences either wrapped in barbed wire or even hold huge shards of glass, protruding from the top edge. This is a hell of a way to keep people from trying to climb their fences. However, putting human torture to the side just for now, I will focus on the intricately ornate fence, and its haunted home, found at 915 Royal Street.