The Hotel St. Helene is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Romance Comes with the Territory in New Orleans
by Gerry Watkins,
Editor of Sundancer's West, A Magazine that Explores the West and Borders Beyond,

On the other side of Canal Street there's a charming little hotel called Hotel St. Helene. It's the kind of place you'd hope to find in the French Quarter. This small hotel offers 16 guest rooms and 10 one/two bedroom suites. Rooms are spacious, ceiling soar, and wide pine-plank floors glisten in the old fashioned way. Windows are so tall you can step out onto a balcony from the comfortable sitting room.

Just outside the door another balcony overlooks the courtyard, where a peach tree reaches to the second level. Period furniture includes a canopy bed with mattresses stacked so high you drag the step stool over to get onto it.

You'll find the entrance to this quaint little hotel just around the corner from the front desk and lobby, but that adds to its charm. A locked iron gate opens from the street into the courtyard, where you can enjoy coffee and pastries in the morning, coffee any time of day. At Hotel St. Helene you're smack dab in the middle of the French Quarter. You're only two blocks from the river and the St. Louis Cathedral, minutes from whatever action you seek.