Premium Location. At this newly renovated property built in 1840. This unit is on the 3rd and 4th floors and requires the use of the stairs. This unit sleeps 8 and is approximately 1500 square feet. Four bedrooms. Private access to the bathrooms on each floor. The rental is adjacent to Downtown NOLA, the French Quarter & everything is within walking distance including the Convention Center. We are a licensed and legal short term vacation rental - Permit # 20-CSTR-26432 The elegant townhouse at 838 Camp Street was designed by James Harrison Dakin (1806-1852), an influential architect in New Orleans who also designed the landmark St. Patrick’s Cathedral down the street. The land was first owned by Gasquet, Parish & Co., a commission merchant company largely responsible for the initial development of the American Sector. Construction on this townhouse, originally one of nine sister “rowhouses,” began in the early 1840s. The first known inhabitant of the townhouse was Walter Cox, a cotton merchant and owner of the cotton firm W. Cox & Co. established in 1858. It appears that the Civil War resulted in Cox’s firm going bankrupt, as his home was sold in a sheriff’s auction in 1867. The house was purchased by attorney Alfred J. Philips, partner in the esteemed New Orleans firm of Roselins & Philips. Sometime during the 1870s, ownership of the property transferred from Philips to his brother-in-law, influential attorney John Blackstone Cotton from Georgia, who married Alfred’s younger sister Sophia in 1852. Blackstone served as a New Orleans City Attorney in 1850, as a District Judge (1853-1857) and as Superintendent of Elections (1857-1858). During the Civil War, Cotton served as a Confederate Army Officer from 1861 until he fell ill in the field in 1862. Margaret Robinson Barnett (1887–1977) purchased the property in May of 1921. Margaret owned and operated “Dixie Stove Works” out of what is now the property’s commercial space at 840 Camp. The company boasted itself as “the South’s largest manufacturer of stove parts.” Margaret and her husband also housed “Roomers” in the properties residential units beginning in 1930. These renters hailed from such varied places as Germany, New York, Louisiana, Minnesota, and South Dakota. The residence had become primarily commercial in the latter half of the 20th century, with Dixie Stove Works as its last commercial occupant. Guests have access to the entire apartment including a third floor gallery balcony with a view of the first floor courtyard and city skyline, (pictured). Additionally, there is parking for one vehicle in the parking lot behind the building. Our building is 1 block from the Contemporary Arts Center, the Ogden Museum of Southern Art, the World War II Museum, four blocks from the Convention Center and a quick 10 minute walk to the French Quarter. Great restaurants like Peche, Emeril's, Tommy's, Herbsaint, Boca, and The Auction House Market are blocks away. There is a Blue Bike rental one block from the building, (in front of the Contemporary Arts Center) where you can rent a bicycle quickly and easily using a major credit card. The Saint Charles streetcar stop is one block away and offers stunning views of historic homes along the avenue.