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Atmospheric gray rooms add to the creepy ambience of this New Orleans hotel, which is located in a 19th century children’s home renovated by Lambert McGuire Design.
Hotel Saint Vincent is housed in a red-brick building that was founded by Saint Vincent in 1861 as a children’s institution.
The Hotel Saint Vincent is located in the Lower Garden District of New Orleans
Nestled between the Lower Garden District’s Greek-style and Italian-style villas, the new 75-room hotel is operated by Austin-based McGuire Moorman Lambert Hospitality, with interiors from sister company Lambert McGuire Design.
The team kept the exterior of the building largely in its original condition, including the town’s decorative wrought iron railings, but updated it subtly.
Lambert McGuire Design kept the internal layout of the building from 1861 largely unchanged
Inside, they opted for an eclectic mix of design styles ranging from 20th century Italy to mid-century modernism and Art Deco.
“The original grand staircase and the wide, curved corridors of the property remain intact and allow an open design with light and airy communal areas as well as more atmospheric, hidden corners that give a touch of discovery,” said the hotel operator.
The guest rooms are painted a dramatic dark gray with red velvet accents
One of the most dramatic decisions was to paint the walls and ceilings of the guest rooms dark gray. Paired with red velvet upholstery, this reinforces the gloomy atmosphere that evokes the building’s history.
However, some of the rooms are enlivened by patterned carpets and psychedelic accent walls that continue in the bright red and pink bathrooms with curved white tubs.
Psychedelic wallpapers line the bright red and pink guest bathrooms. Photo by Nick Simonite
Dark gray is also used extensively in the Chapel Club, a cocktail bar only for guests who “want to recreate the look and atmosphere of classic grand hotel salons”.
The room is entered via a neon-lit passageway and features a black and white marble countertop and pink velvet bar siding.
Neon lights surround the entrance to the Chapel Club bar for guests only. Photo by Matt Harrington
Dining options at Hotel Saint Vincent include the San Lorenzo Restaurant, which serves Italian cuisine with a local Creole twist in a large room with light green paneling and checkered floor.
The Elizabeth Street Cafe, a French-Vietnamese style cafe and bakery, is located next to the main hotel building and opens into a courtyard garden.
Deborah Berke Partners transforms historic madhouse into boutique hotel
For lighter meals, head to the Paradise Lounge, where hand-painted flora and fauna murals by local artist Ann Marie Auricchio color the light and airy space.
There’s also a bar next to the outdoor pool, which is surrounded by lounge chairs and tropical plants in the central area of the hotel’s three buildings.
The Chapel Club in the Hotel Saint Vincent is also kept in dark gray
Of the hundreds of insane asylums that were built in the United States in the late 19th century and used until the 1970s, many are eerily abandoned today.
But it’s not just the Hotel Saint Vincent that has been revived as accommodation: Deborah Berke Partners has also restored and redesigned a former psychiatric clinic in Buffalo, New York, as a hotel.
One of the lighter rooms is the San Lorenzo restaurant, which serves Italian-Creole cuisine
The unique history and culture of New Orleans, or NOLA, encompasses architecture, food, and nightlife – making the city a popular tourist destination full of hotels to suit all tastes.
For those looking for the grandeur of the Garden District or Uptown, there are other options like Hotel Henry Howard or The Chloe Hotel, while the trendy Warehouse District is home to the Eliza Jane, the Ace Hotel, and the Maison de la Luz – the one Winner of the AHEAD Awards 2020.
The murals in the Paradise Lounge were hand painted by a local artist
Lambert McGuire Design was founded in 2019 as an architecture and design studio specializing in hospitality. Co-founder Liz Lambert is behind properties like the Austin Motel, the Phoenix Hotel in San Francisco and the Hotel San Cristóbal Baja in Mexico.
Photograph by Douglas Friedman unless otherwise noted.
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