The building at 2711 Dauphine Street housed a working New Orleans fire company in the 1800s, and the bones of that are still visible in the room where guests now play pool.
Engine 24 operates as a guest house in Faubourg Marigny, downriver from the French Quarter and next to Bywater. The conversion kept the scale. Seven bedrooms each come with a private bathroom, which is the detail that makes the place work for a group. Fourteen people can stay without anyone queuing for a shower.
Common space is the other selling point. There is a courtyard with a fountain for late drinks, a game room with a pool table, an upstairs living area, a full kitchen, and a kitchenette downstairs. One guest described filling every room and still never feeling crowded, which is unusual for a rental at this headcount. The Penthouse Suite holds two bedrooms and two bathrooms and tends to get claimed by whichever branch of the family books first…