Who haunts the Olivier House Hotel
Reported as stories, with where each one comes from. Most reported: Elizabeth Locoul.
Elizabeth Locoul
Reported as an elderly woman in period dress, sometimes in black and muttering, said to keep an eye on guests and disapprove of bad behaviour.
Madame Olivier
Guests report an elderly woman in an antebellum-style dress wandering the hotel; she and Locoul are the most often seen.
The Confederate soldier
Seen rarely, a uniformed soldier is reported wandering the property.
The ghost cat
Guests report a cat that hops onto beds and then vanishes.
"Hotel lore has included apparitions in period clothing, doors moving unexpectedly, strange sounds, and, most memorably, reports of a ghost cat that supposedly hops onto beds before vanishing."Travelmag, 2026
The building
Before you book
| Room to request | Room 104 (Named among the most haunted rooms), Room 106 (Named among the most haunted rooms), Room 216 (Named among the most haunted rooms) |
|---|---|
| Does the hotel tell the stories? | ✕ No its own website does not mention ghosts |
| Built | 1839, as townhouse of Madame Marieanne Bienvenu Olivier de Vezin |
| Historic listing | None found |
| Historic Hotels of America | No |
| Google rating | 4.8 from 1,004 reviews |
| Address | 828 Toulouse St, New Orleans, LA 70112 |
| Jackson Square | 0.2 mi (0.4 km), 6 min walk |
Sources
6 independent sources, quotes checked
- Haunted Nation (blog), 2016Blog
- Hottest Hell ToursGhost tour
- Haunted Hotel StaysBlog
- Travelmag, 2026Magazine
- We3Travel, 2025Blog
- Olivier House HotelThe hotel
Photo: St. Louis Cathedral at night, OrleansPhotoArt, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons. This is the area, not the hotel.
Around the Olivier House Hotel
Straight-line distances from the front door; walking times allow for streets. Places from OpenStreetMap.
Eat and drink
- Huge Ass Beers1 min walk
- Tipsy Trumpet1 min walk
- The Dungeon1 min walk
- Le Roundup1 min walk
- Toulouse Dive Bar1 min walk
- Saints and Sinners2 min walk
See nearby
- Hermann-Grima House2 min walk
- M.S. Rau3 min walk
- French Quarter3 min walk
- Irish Cultural Museum4 min walk
- New Orleans Storyville Museum4 min walk
- Louisiana State Museum Library5 min walk
Other haunted hotels
- Dauphine Orleans2 min walk
- Bourbon Orleans4 min walk
- Omni Royal Orleans4 min walk
- Place d'Armes Hotel6 min walk
Cemeteries
- Saint Louis Cemetery Number One7 min walk
- Saint Louis Cemetery Number 20.5 mi (0.9 km)
- Saint Vincent de Paul Cemetery1.8 mi (2.9 km)
Questions
Is the Olivier House Hotel haunted?
Ghost writers say so. Haunted Nation and Hottest Hell Tours report former owner Elizabeth Locoul and a Confederate soldier, and Travelmag mentions a ghost cat. The hotel's own history page does not mention ghosts.
Who was Elizabeth Locoul?
According to the hotel, she bought the house after Madame Olivier's death, saw it occupied by Union soldiers in the Civil War, and died in 1884. Ghost stories name her as the house's main spirit.
Which rooms are haunted?
Haunted Nation names Rooms 104, 106 and 216 as the most haunted; another travel blog names Room 308.