Garden District in New Orleans in Orleans Parish, Louisiana — The American South (West South Central)
Squires Renaud House
Photographed by Janet Schexnayder, August 1, 2025
1. Squires Renaud House Marker
Inscription.
Squires Renaud House. . The imposing Squires Renaud House began as an archetypical antebellum raised center-hall cottage, built circa 1851 by sugar broker George Washington Squires. In the early 1880s, owner William Henry Renaud, a prominent merchant from Port Gibson, Mississippi, raised the house to build a new floor under the original structure with a Greek Revival double gallery as it presents today. The interior displays dramatic contrasts: exuberant ornamentation in the late Victorian mode characterizes the first floor, while restrained Greek Revival detailing prevails on the upper floors. In 1896, the cigar-making Hernsheim brothers bought the property, selling it in 1899 to their sister Hannah Hernshiem Oury. Thus commenced a century and a quarter of ownership by enterprising women. In 1923, Emilie Guelton and Ellen McCann acquired the property and operated a fashion house, The Liberty Shop. So it continued for five decades until bridal shop owner Bonnie Broel purchased the house in 1972. As of the 2022 placement of this plaque, Broel has owned the home for five decades and housed House of Broel and later her private collection of couture clothing and dollhouses.
The imposing Squires Renaud House began as an archetypical antebellum raised center-hall cottage, built circa 1851 by sugar broker George Washington Squires. In the early 1880s, owner William Henry Renaud, a prominent merchant from Port Gibson, Mississippi, raised the house to build a new floor under the original structure with a Greek Revival double gallery as it presents today. The interior displays dramatic contrasts: exuberant ornamentation in the late Victorian mode characterizes the first floor, while restrained Greek Revival detailing prevails on the upper floors. In 1896, the cigar-making Hernsheim brothers bought the property, selling it in 1899 to their sister Hannah Hernshiem Oury. Thus commenced a century and a quarter of ownership by enterprising women. In 1923, Emilie Guelton and Ellen McCann acquired the property and operated a fashion house, The Liberty Shop. So it continued for five decades until bridal shop owner Bonnie Broel purchased the house in 1972. As of the 2022 placement of this plaque, Broel has owned the home for five decades and housed House of Broel and later her private collection of couture clothing and dollhouses.
Erected 2022 by Garden District Association.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Notable Buildings. A significant historical year for this entry is 1851.
Location.
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29° 56.019′ N, 90° 4.859′ W. Marker is in New Orleans, Louisiana, in Orleans Parish. It is in the Garden District. It is on Saint Charles Avenue west of Jackson Ave, on the right when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 2220 St Charles Ave, New Orleans LA 70130, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in Louisiana’s River Parishes. It is also in the American South, specifically in the Deep South, on the Gulf Coast, and in the Great River Road Region. Globally, it is in North America, a Gulf of Mexico state, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain, the Viceroyalty of New France, the territory of the Mississippian Culture, the Louisiana Purchase, one of the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.
Credits. This page was last revised on August 6, 2025. It was originally submitted on August 5, 2025, by Janet Schexnayder of Slidell, Louisiana. This page has been viewed 194 times since then and 52 times this year. Photos:1, 2. submitted on August 5, 2025, by Janet Schexnayder of Slidell, Louisiana. • James Hulse was the editor who published this page.
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