The LaLaurie Mansion still stands today, having been gutted and rehabilitated several times since the fire in 1834. All That’s Interesting reports that the building was used for many different purposes over the years, including a music conservatory, an integrated school, and a homeless shelter. It was also renovated and retrofitted for apartments.
The mansion has changed hands plenty over the years and has at least one familiar name on the deed. Actor Nicolas Cage purchased the home in 2007. He told Vanity Fair that he planned to live in the home while he penned a horror novel, though the book, if written at all, was never released.
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Visitors to New Orleans can see the mansion today, fully restored and positioned as one of the gems of the French Quarter — from the outside. The building’s current owners use it as a private residence and will not allow the public inside. Though tour groups are legally permitted to stop in front of the home for their guides to deliver the chilling details of the mansion’s sordid history, hopes of seeing the interior will most likely have to wait until it changes hands again.
