723 Esplanade Ave, New Orleans, LA 70116

Esplanade is one of those streets people move here for -- wide, oak-canopied, and quietly ceremonial. And on this stretch, single-family homes with gated parking are getting harder to come by every year. 723 Esplanade is the intact one. Built in 1873 alongside her sisters, she's the only remaining full townhome of the three -- not carved into condos, not chopped up, still holding her original scale and sequence the way these houses were meant to. The layout is livable and flexible: A long entry hall that pulls you toward a true ballroom -- not a "big room," a real one -- the kind of space that changes what your home can hold. A downstairs primary suite that can also flex as a den or secondary living space, depending on how you live. Upstairs, a primary suite tucked into the live oaks with a sitting room and two full baths. Plus an additional guest suite with kitchenette, private balcony, and courtyard views -- ideal for long-stay guests, older kids, or the friend who always ends up back in New Orleans. This home isn't a museum piece. It's a working heirloom -- the kind you move into, live in immediately, and then slowly personalize as you learn what you want to keep and what you want to change. Gated parking. Roof 2019. Private courtyards in front and back. Furnishings available. If you've been waiting for the version of Esplanade that's still intact -- this is it.