This year marks the 200th anniversary of a landmark in the French Quarter: the Historic BK House and Gardens. Located at 1113 Chartres St. across from the Old Ursuline Convent, the property was known as the Beauregard-Keyes House, bearing the names of two of its former residents: Confederate General P.G.T. Beauregard, who lived in the house from 1865 to 1868, and novelist Frances Parkinson Keyes, who resided there from 1945 to 1970. The Keyes Foundation, established by the noted author, now owns the property.
According to the BK House website, the house, built in 1826, was designed by architect Francois Correjolles for a wealthy auctioneer named Joseph LeCarpentier…