Court Of Two Sisters
613 Royal St
New Orleans LA United States
It was two Creole sisters and the notions shop they owned on this site that gave The Court of Two Sisters its name. However, 613 Rue Royale has long played a significant role in the history of the French Quarter and old New Orleans. Originally known as "Governor's Row", the 600 block of Rue Royale was home to five governors, two state Supreme Court Justices, a future Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, and a future President of the United States. It is not surprising, then, that the original resident of our address was Sieur Etienne de Perier, royal governor of colonial Louisiana between 1726 and 1733. It has also been rumored that the outrageous Marquis de Vaudreuil, the colonial royal governor who transformed New Orleans from a marshland village into a "petit Paris", was once a resident of 613 Rue Royale. The two sisters, Emma and Bertha Camors, born 1858 and 1860 respectively, belonged to a proud and aristocratic Creole family. Their "rabais", or notions, outfitted many of the city's finest women with formal gowns, lace and perfumes imported from Paris. Marriage, reversals of fortune, widowhood - nothing could separate the sisters. Indeed, as the Picayune was to report, the sisters died within two months of each other in the winter of 1944. United in death as in life, the sisters lie side by side at St. Louis Cemetery #3.
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Price Range: $30.01 - $50
Hours: 9:00 to 2:30 A.M, Brunch; 5:30 to 10:00 P.M. Dinner
Phone: 504.522.7261
Fax: 504.581.5804
Accepts: bank debit cards, American Express, Visa, Diners' Club, MasterCard/Eurocard, Discover, gift certificates
Smoking: not permitted
Alcohol: wine / beer
Dress: formal
Reservations: accepted
Parking: street parking, public transit accessible, valet parking, own parking lot
Accessibility: completely