Inn on Bourbon Hotel -- history of New Orleans luxury hotel in French Quarter overlooking Bourbon street

Inn on Bourbon Hotel -- history of New Orleans luxury hotel in French Quarter overlooking Bourbon street: "The Inn on Bourbon, on the corner of Toulouse and Bourbon Streets, rests on the site of the Old French Opera House, for 60 years, the cultural center of New Orleans Creole society, and the first opera house in the United States. Erected in 1859 at a cost of $118,000, it was opened to the public on December 1, 1859. "