722 Toulouse Street, ca. 1930s

ID: 3970 ~ Source: The Historic New Orleans Collection, Gift of Mrs. Solis Seiferth, acc. no. 1985.120.141.

This file appears in: Tennessee Williams' Early Days in New Orleans

A photo of 722 Toulouse Street that is thought to date to the 1930s. At the end of the 1930s, Williams made his way to New Orleans and, shortly after, to an apartment in this building.

This file appears in: Tennessee Williams' Early Days in New Orleans

Tennessee Williams' Early Days in New Orleans

By William Archambeault

In his over 40 years living in New Orleans, famed playwright Tennessee Williams resided in several French Quarter locations. Arriving in New Orleans in 1938, a 28-year-old Williams rented a room at 431 Royal Street and later at 722 Toulouse Street.…