The LaLaurie Mansion: The House on Royal Street

The LaLaurie Mansion at 1140 Royal Street in New Orleans, photographed in 2024

About 5 min readOn the morning of 10 April 1834, a fire broke out in a grand house at 1140 Royal Street in New Orleans — and what the rescuers found inside ended the social reign of Madame Delphine LaLaurie and made her address the most notorious in America.