Who haunts the Hotel St. Pierre
Reported as stories, with where each one comes from. Most reported: The carriage master.
The carriage master
Staff and guests report him standing in the carriageway by the front entrance, as if still waiting for a carriage.
The Confederate soldier
Said to haunt the former slave quarters, now some of the hotel's budget rooms.
The Peyroux House presence
Guests in the old Peyroux House describe icy hands, a weight at the foot of the bed and heavy footsteps from empty rooms above.
"At the Hotel St. Pierre, guests frequently recount eerie experiences, particularly in the historic Peyroux House."French Quarterly Magazine
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 sells a 'Haunted History' package bundling a room with Ghost City Tours tickets (it does not tell its own ghost stories) |
| Built | 1780, as house (Gabriel Peyroux House); later home, apartments, warehouse, store and jazz museum |
| Historic listing | None found |
| Historic Hotels of America | No |
| Google rating | 4 from 1,889 reviews |
| Address | 911 Burgundy St, New Orleans, LA 70116 |
| Jackson Square | 0.3 mi (0.6 km), 9 min walk |
Sources
6 independent sources, quotes checked
- Ghost City ToursGhost tour
- Southern Spirit GuideBlog
- Cajun EncountersGhost tour
- French Quarterly MagazineMagazine
- HauntedPlaces.orgHistory
- Haunted Rooms, 2026Blog
Photo: St. Louis Cathedral at night, OrleansPhotoArt, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons. This is the area, not the hotel.
Around the Hotel St. Pierre
Straight-line distances from the front door; walking times allow for streets. Places from OpenStreetMap.
Eat and drink
- GrandPre's2 min walk
- MaMou2 min walk
- Wakin' Bakin'2 min walk
- Bar Tonique2 min walk
- Rawhide2 min walk
- Rampart Treehouse3 min walk
See nearby
- Haunted Museum & Voodoo Pharmacy2 min walk
- Louis Armstrong Park Entrance3 min walk
- French Quarter4 min walk
- Congo Square4 min walk
- New Orleans Historic Voodoo Museum5 min walk
- Madame John's Legacy6 min walk
Other haunted hotels
- Lafitte Hotel and Bar4 min walk
- The Cornstalk Hotel5 min walk
- Andrew Jackson Hotel5 min walk
- Bourbon Orleans6 min walk
Cemeteries
- Saint Louis Cemetery Number One9 min walk
- Saint Louis Cemetery Number 20.6 mi (0.9 km)
- Saint Vincent de Paul Cemetery1.6 mi (2.6 km)
Questions
Is Hotel St. Pierre haunted?
It has a local ghost reputation. Ghost City Tours, which interviewed staff, says footsteps are the most common report, and guides describe a carriage master in blue at the entrance and a Confederate soldier in the old slave quarters.
How old is Hotel St. Pierre?
Its Gabriel Peyroux House dates from about 1780, making it one of the oldest buildings in the French Quarter.