4 Stop 4 of 9 on Mansions, Money & Magnolias

Payne-Strachan House

Garden District, New Orleans

A Preview

"See that granite marker on the front lawn? The one that looks like a tombstone? Read it if you can get close enough. It says this is the house where Jefferson Davis died — the first and only President of the Confederate States of America. December sixth, eighteen eighty-nine. That November, Davis left his home near Biloxi on a steamboat."

Hear the full story in the app — narrated and timed to play right where you're standing.

The Reveal

This stop is part of the tour’s larger story. An optional reveal at the end lets you revisit which details stayed perfectly honest and which got a little extra help.

Hear the full story at Payne-Strachan House

This is just one of 9 stops on the Mansions, Money & Magnolias tour. Download the app, put in your headphones, and experience it for real.

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