Listing details are provided to distinguish this house from others previously owned by Anne Rice

From Realtor.com:

3711 Saint Charles Ave, New Orleans, LA 70115

5 bed
7.5+ bath
8,747 square feet
0.39 acre lot

Property Features:

Room description

Total bath(s): 4
Total full bath(s): 7
Total half bath(s): 2
Total rooms: 7

Lot size and SQ FT:

Living Area: 8747
Stories: 2

Exterior Features

Frame

Listing information

Year Built: 1888

3711 St Charles Avenue, New Orleans, LA on Realtor.com

Property Details for 3711 St Charles Ave

Parking

Garage/Carport Information
Has Garage
Has Carport

Parking
Features: Carport, Detached, Three or more Spaces, Garage Door Opener

Interior

Bathroom Information
# of Full Bathrooms: 5
# of Half Bathrooms: 2

Room Information
# of Rooms (Total): 8

Equipment
Appliances: Double Oven, Dishwasher, Icemaker, Microwave, Oven, Range, Refrigerator, Wine Cooler, Washer

Interior Features
Other Features: Wet Bar, Elevator, Stainless Steel Appliances

Exterior

Building Information
Stories: 3
Year Built Details: 134
Construction Details: Frame, Wood Siding

Exterior Features
Exterior Features: Balcony, Courtyard, Fence, Porch, Patio
Patio And Porch Features: Brick, Oversized, Balcony, Patio, Porch
Security Features: Security System, Closed Circuit Camera(s), Smoke Detector(s)

Lot Information
Lot Size Dimensions: 124/101 x 148
Lot Features: Corner Lot, City Lot, Irregular Lot

Property Information
Foundation Details: Raised
Excellent, Repairs Cosmetic, Resale
Is Human Modified

Utilities

Utility Information
Sewer: Public Sewer
Water Source: Public

Heating & Cooling
Has Cooling
Cooling: Central Air, 3+ Units
Has Heating
Heating: Central, Multiple Heating Units

3711 Saint Charles Avenue on Redfin

Over the years, I've seen photos of this house and collected several. Anne Rice owned a number of properties in New Orleans, including this house that was used as Mona Mayfair's house in Lasher and Taltos.

There are several features in this house that are similar to the house on First Street. For example, both houses have a "double parlor". However, they are not the same house. I've seen them confused with one another, though.

So I thought I would put together some details about this historic New Orleans home as well, and present them in a way that will help distinguish the two houses. They include real estate data and photographs.

To put it simply, this house is just beautiful.

The sketch of the home of Mona Mayfair in The Witches' Companion by Katherine Ramsland transformed into a fairly realistic rendering of the house on NightCafe.

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The Amelia Street Gallery

Courtesy of DIRT and Realtor.com; Room Names TBD

Beautiful Stained Glass

Entrance Hallway

Parlor

Parlor

Kitchen

Kitchen

Kitchen

Kitchen

Dining Room

Room

Room

Staircase

Second Floor Landing

Room

Room

Room

Dressing Room

Shower

Room

Closet

Room

Patio Area

Patio Area

Grounds

Front

Grounds

Front Porch

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Amelia Street Gallery Two

Thanks to Pinterest, I was able to find more images of the Amelia Street house with furnishings. The images originally appeared on Curbed and in an article in Good Housekeeping. The images are no longer available in the online articles, but you will find links to those articles below this gallery.

Entrance Hall

Entrance Hall

Parlor

Parlor

Parlor

Parlor

Dining Room

Kitchen

Kitchen

Study

Bedroom

Bedroom With Half Tester Bed

Left: AI generated image of Mona Mayfair in pink on MagicStudio. What a scream!

The online article below states the images are of the house at 1239 First Street, New Orleans, which was once owned by Anne Rice, and used as the home of Rowan Mayfair.

However, some of the images are actually of 3711 St Charles Avenue, also once owned by Anne Rice. The house at 3711 St Charles Avenue was used as Mona Mayfair's house in the Lives of the Mayfair Witches series.

The Ultimate Guide to Plantations of Louisiana 1239 First Street & 3711 St Charles Avenue

The house appears to have been listed on multiple occasions, having been redecorated and/or renovated, possibly remodeled at some point.

Check Out This Uptown Mansion, Once Owned By Anne Rice

Peek Inside Anne Rice's Former New Orleans Estate

Uploaded to YouTube on March 12, 2018 by Home Shopper Tours, the video shows the house on Amelia Street in even more detail...

Restored Victorian Mansion on YouTube

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From 2013...

The Fontevrault Outpost

And here I thought I'd only have a drawing of the house as it appeared in The Witches' Companion.

This house was used in the novel Lasher. It was the childhood home of Mona Mayfair before the deaths of Alicia and Gifford, the increasing drunkenness of her father Patrick and Rowan's sterilization and ensuing inability to produce a legacy heir of the required vintage. Upon these events, Mona moved to the First Street house, the traditional home of the Legacy Witch.

However, she did not abandon the property and much like Anne Rice herself was doing at the time she wrote Lasher, Mona had the house fully restored, the completion being noted at the end of Taltos.

Apparently, she did a good job. Take a look.

The Double Parlor

Alicia's favorite room in the house besides her bedroom, if I recall.

And--The Double Parlor

Remember that the house on Amelia Street also featured a double parlor similar to the one at the First Street house.

The Study

The Dining Room

Well, that's all for now, folks. But take a look at the handy link I've supplied for your reading pleasure. It lists the house's address in New Orleans as 3711 Saint Charles Avenue, which is also noted in The Witches' Companion.

Now, you know the house rules. It's a home, not a business. I generally do not list home addresses unless another source widely available to the public did so first. So please--mind your manners and do not go bugging the occupants of the house. I realize it is of utmost importance to examine Mona's bedroom window in order to preserve her newspaper slingshot system, but not if the current occupant is still using it.

Tom Hanks, The 'Burbs, 1989 Universal

Anne Rice's Spooky New Orleans House For Sale (2011)

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Welcome to Fontevrault

Madewood Plantation, the "prototype" for Fontevrault, was also the plantation house used for the cover of Taltos on the Mass Market edition.

Madewood Plantation House on Wikipedia

Only Moor One Pirogue at a Time at the Newel Post, Please

In The Witches' Companion, Fontevrault is said to compare closely with the long gone Belle Grove Plantation mansion in Iberville Parish, Louisiana. The mansion, built in 1857 for John Andrews, who had come from Virginia, and sold to Henry Ware in 1868, was abandoned by 1925, and burned in 1952. By the end of the 1950s, it had been completely demolished.

Image of Belle Grove from The Witches' Companion by Dr. Katherine Ramsland, Ph.D.

Belle Grove as Fontevrault created with NightCafe From Image In
The Witches' Companion by Dr. Katherine Ramsland, Ph.D.

To learn more about Belle Grove Plantation in Iberville Parish, Louisiana, click the Parlor page link below:

The Queen of the South - Belle Grove Plantation

An exploration of Mona Mayfair's branch of the family tree, the "Fontevrault Mayfairs"

Mayfair Relatedness~Mona Mayfair

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John R. Rouse - Harp - Mitchell - Kirkpatrick House

Click this link to see where this incredible artwork came from