Reverse the previous Ursuline Convent on Chartres Road stands the BK Historic Home and Gardens, a Nationwide Historic Landmark in-built 1826 and restored to its current situation by famend creator Frances Parkinson Keyes after buying it in 1948. The raised cottage model incorporates each Creole and American options. The museum gives a singular instructional expertise to guests and furthers the understanding of New Orleans historical past. Keyes wrote about her life because the spouse of a U.S. Senator, and a number of other novels set in New England, Louisiana, and Europe. She eloquently described society in her historic novels and particularly Creole life between the Civil Battle and the First World Battle. A lot of her characters would in the present day be thought of stereotypes and whereas standard within the Nineteen Forties and 50s, her works are controversial in the present day. The museum is an enchanting stroll via time. The home has lived via many alternative incarnations, and been the house of a world chess champion, a Swiss diplomat, a wholesale liquor enterprise, a house for homeless males, and Alcoholics Nameless.
