Gardette-LePretre Mansion

New Orleans, Louisiana

Ghost tours call this the "Sultan's Palace" after a legend printed in 1922 about a sultan and five women of his harem murdered here in 1792. The house wasn't built until 1836.

A tall stuccoed corner house wrapped in two levels of lacy cast-iron galleries, on an empty street

716 Dauphine St, New Orleans, LA 70116

Part of Spookt's Guide to Haunted New Orleans

Visit

Visiting Gardette-LePretre Mansion

How to visit: Exterior only. The house is private apartments: see it from the Dauphine Street sidewalk and don’t trespass. Join a ghost tour for the story (see Tours That Stop Here).

Tours

Ghost Tours That Stop Here

Haunted Ghost and Paranormal Tour in New Orleans

Haunted Ghost and Paranormal Tour in New Orleans

by NOLA GhostRiders

2 hrFrom $15★ 4.5 · 100 reviews

Walking

A French Quarter walk into the darker history behind the neighborhood’s colorful face. see tour

New Orleans Haunted Ghost Tour: Explore The Paranormal

New Orleans Haunted Ghost Tour: Explore The Paranormal

by NOLA GhostRiders

2 hrFrom $15★ 4.3 · 29 reviews

Walking

Another NOLA GhostRiders walk into the French Quarter’s darker history. see tour

Sources (3)

716 Dauphine St.

Vieux Carré Digital Survey · The Historic New Orleans Collection

Podcast 43 – Le Pretre Mansion on Dauphine Street

Halloween Horror Post #5 (2017): The grisly legends behind the Sultan massacre house

Strange Remains, 2017