Ashtons Bed & Breakfast, new Orleans

You are invited to experience Ashton's Bed & Breakfast, located in the charming Esplanade Ridge Historic District, just nine blocks from the edge of the world-famous French Quarter. Your Innkeepers, Karma and Patrick Ashton, offer gracious B&B accommodations and Southern hospitality from this antebellum mansion.

The Inn was established in 1989 as "Mechling's Guest House" by Karma's Parents. Karma and Patrick purchased the property in 1998, and have continued the extensive renovation and preservation of this architectural treasure.This New Orleans style center-hall Greek Revival mansion (10,000 s.f.) was built in 1861 for A. B. Charpantier, just before the outbreak of the Civil War.

As you enter through the arched wrought-iron gate, you are surrounded by lush greenery, and welcomed onto the large front veranda. Inside the main house, fifteen foot ceilings, key doorways, spacious rooms, and fine furnishings tell you this is no ordinary Bed and Breakfast Inn.

You can enjoy relaxing in the beautiful parlor, with its original carved marble mantel and magnificent chandelier; or wander the gardens and discover the majestic ancient oak tree that shades the rear patio.These four rooms open to a common hallway that extends down the center of the main building. A formal parlor is at one end, and the dining room at the other.