New Orleans Ballet/Church Conversion!

New Orleans Ballet/Church Conversion!

New Orleans Ballet/Church Conversion!

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According to the owner, some people remember it as a church, Westminster Presbyterian, built in the1920s as a house of worship for a historic congregation started in the 1830s. The house is filled with plaques commemorating the contributions of their followers. The church sold it to the Ballet Hysell in the 1980s, which was lead by the legendary Maestro Harvey Hysell. He lived in two apartments and left the main place of worship as a dance studio. The large dance studio was visited by ballet notables like Mikhail Baryshnikov from the Russian Ballet on their first American tour. The first floor was dedicated to practice

rooms, costumes and set designs. On Halloween, he would host a Masquerade Ball and at Christmas would present "The Nutcracker." In 1999, the current owners purchased the building and began a major renovation to turn it into a home, including all new electrical, heating/cooling and plumbing systems. They added new structures, relocated the elevator shaft, closed in the front yard and added a living green roof garden - currently New Orleans largest.

This church-turned-ballet-turned home in New Orleans’ Garden District has 13,292 square feet with an open living area and high ceilings. There are six bedrooms and eight bathrooms, which includes three fully equipped one-bedroom apartments which are entered from a different street. Current rents amount to $3,275 monthly. For more information.

Asking $2.5 million for 1927 Westminster Presbyterian Church converted to single family home.

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