Who haunts the Hotel Provincial
Reported as stories, with where each one comes from. Most reported: The wounded soldiers of Building 500.
The wounded soldiers of Building 500
Guests report bloodied, moaning soldiers on beds that vanish when the lights go on, and figures reaching out for help.
The phantom hospital ward
The story goes that a security guard stepped off the elevator on the second floor into a busy wartime hospital scene, then retreated.
The radio-loving soldier
Ghost hunters say he resets the room radio to his favorite station and spoke during a seance.
"People have claimed to have found blood stains on the otherwise pristine white bed linens, only for stains to vanish as curiously as they appeared."AAA TripCanvas
The building
Before you book
| Room to request | No room number on record. We only print numbers a source ties to a ghost story. |
|---|---|
| Does the hotel tell the stories? | ✓ Yes The hotel's own news post retells its ghost story and invites guests to come home with one |
| Built | 1825, as townhouses, stores and boarding house (site of a colonial military hospital) |
| Historic listing | Buildings listed on the National Register of Historic Places (per the hotel) |
| Historic Hotels of America | No |
| Google rating | 4.5 from 1,298 reviews |
| Address | 1024 Chartres St, New Orleans, LA 70116 |
| Jackson Square | 0.2 mi (0.3 km), 5 min walk |
Sources
7 independent sources, quotes checked
- Hotel ProvincialThe hotel
- HauntworldBlog
- AAA TripCanvasMagazine
- SmarterTravelMagazine
- Explore.comMagazine
- Haunted Rooms, 2026Blog
- The Syncopated TimesMagazine
Photo: St. Louis Cathedral at night, OrleansPhotoArt, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons. This is the area, not the hotel.
Around the Hotel Provincial
Straight-line distances from the front door; walking times allow for streets. Places from OpenStreetMap.
Eat and drink
- Café Sbisa1 min walk
- The Original French Market Restaurant & Bar2 min walk
- Flanagan's Pub2 min walk
- One More Pie2 min walk
- The Gazebo Café2 min walk
- Croissant D'Or Patisserie2 min walk
See nearby
- Old Ursuline Convent Museum2 min walk
- BK Historic House and Gardens2 min walk
- Joan of Arc2 min walk
- Deurty Boys Gallery3 min walk
- Lalaurie Mansion3 min walk
- Madame John's Legacy3 min walk
Other haunted hotels
- Hotel Villa Convento1 min walk
- The Haunted Hotel2 min walk
- Andrew Jackson Hotel3 min walk
- The Cornstalk Hotel3 min walk
Cemeteries
- Saint Louis Cemetery Number One0.6 mi (1.0 km)
- Saint Louis Cemetery Number 20.9 mi (1.4 km)
- Saint Vincent de Paul Cemetery1.4 mi (2.3 km)
Questions
Is Hotel Provincial haunted?
It has one of the best-known soldier ghost stories in the French Quarter, and the hotel itself retells it. Guests report wounded soldiers, vanishing bloodstains and a hospital scene glimpsed from the elevator, mostly in the 500 Building.
Where is the most haunted part of Hotel Provincial?
The 500 Building (often called Building 5), which the hotel says stands on a plot where a military hospital was built in 1722. The present building dates from 1874.