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St. James Hotel
An Elegant Respite From the New Orleans Revelry By Belinda Clarke
The city of New Orleans conjures visions of old-time jazz, spicy food, dark coffee, Mardi Gras celebrations and late (and loud) nights on Bourbon Street. For European style and flavor, the French Quarter might be the obvious place to stay but it's not the most relaxing.
For those seeking the pleasure of French-inspired design and cuisine in a quiet, cozy atmosphere, the St. James Hotel in New Orleans offers the best of the French Quarter without being smack in the middle of it. Just a three-minute walk from the French Quarter (across the Canal St. thoroughfare), the St. James Hotel is centrally located on Magazine Street in the heart of downtown New Orleans. It was recently remodeled in 1999 and provides business and pleasure travelers with modern conveniences in a warm and personable environment.
The St. James Hotel offers a variety of deluxe, stylish "French Quarter Style" rooms and suites in a magnificently restored landmark. The building has operated as a hotel since 1859, when it was frequented by cotton producers and traders doing business at the Board of Trade next door.
In its heyday, the hotel was described in one newspaper article as "one of the grandest hotels in the Confederate States." But during the Civil War, Union troops converted it into a military hospital. Legend has it that not only was it the famous "St. James Infirmary" immortalized in New Orleans' blues history but it also (according to lore) was used as a meeting place for early plotters of the Texas Revolution.
