 cross the street from the Fuselier House is an interesting grouping of house styles. Numbered from: - 1820-30 Dauphine are four distinct structures, of which three are similar examples of the two-bay style that was popular at this time. The house at 1830 is a two-bay frame house that is essentially a two-story shotgun with deep overhangs at the roofline and second level. Paired scroll brackets support these overhangs, and a cast-iron railing graces the balcony. The house probably dates from the 1880s. Next door at 1824-26 is a two-story four-bay gable-sided Creole townhouse with a gallery at the second level. Dating from the late 1850s to early 1860s, the home has a large box cornice supported by box columns at the second floor level only, and an attractive cast-iron railing. At 1822 Dauphine is another two-bay house, a very small Victorian shotgun with a low front gable, and a wooden canopy over the tiny front porch.
Jigsaw-work brackets typical of the Victorian style support the canopy. The house was built in the 1880s. Sharing the same lot, at number 1820, is a two-bay gable-sided Creole cottage with a large dormer, built in the late 1830s for Mme Rose Dumaine. The structure is constructed of brick-between-posts covered by weatherboarding. Cross the street at Bourbon and stop in front of the house on the opposite corner. The:
- Drouet House, 1903 Dauphine, is an elevated Greek revival cottage dating from the 1860s. It was built to replace an earlier existing raised Creole-style cottage built in the early 1800s by Rosette Rochon, and probably used the same foundation (complete with its own cellar, an unusual feature for New Orleans). The center-hall house has a recessed front entranceway with cornice and pilasters, and outer-wall chimneys. The home was purchased by Francois Lacroix in 1873 in a sheriff's auction. Continue to walk down Dauphine to the end of the block, then turn left on Touro Street. Walk to the end of the block, and make a right to cross Touro. On the opposite corner at 2000 Burgundy is the:
- Giguel Building,
a rustic yet picturesque two-story plastered brick corner commercial building with a built-in residence above. Built between 1849 and 1864 by the Giguel family, the structure features a beautiful cast-iron balcony supported by cast-iron columns, creating a covered walkway familiar to many visitors to the French Quarter. The upper story has louvered shutters and lintels framing each window, and a handsome cornice with dentils graces the roofline. The classic recessed doorway with sidelights and transom can still be seen. Continue down Burgundy for about a half-block, to number 2016, the:
 Nathan House. This unusual triple cottage with wood facade and gable-sided roof is rare in New Orleans, much less here in the Faubourg Marigny. Built in the 1830s by any one of three successive owners, the house is usually attributed to Jean Asher Moses Nathan, a Dutch-Jewish immigrant. Documents suggest that in 1836, Nathan rebuilt an earlier 1806 brick-between-posts cottage owned by free woman of color Constance Bouligny. The house was designed in the Greek Revival style, with three dormers, a deep gallery supported by eight Doric box columns,
and Greek key door surrounds. The house has been recentlt restored as the Sun Oak Museum & Guest House, with an interesting finish of red faux brick separated by light cream mortar, and bright blue doors and windows. Continue to the end of the block, and turn right on Frenchmen Street. In the middle of the block at 826 is an interesting:- three-bay house, recently restored and a fine example of a gable-sided Creole cottage. The house, which dates from the late 1840s, has a single dormer at the front and rear of the double-pitched roof and a side hallway with a recessed front entrance. A service wing extends from the rear of the house, and a matching outbuilding with a half roof to the right of the main residence. Walk to the corner of Dauphine and Frenchmen and make another right turn. At 2014 through 2024 is another group of similarly-designed Creole frame cottages, the:
- Kincaide-Hoa Row. All three houses were designed to be single-story doubles with canted eaves and overhangs, an entrance doorway at each end, and shutters on all the windows and doors.
They were built by William Kincaide, a free man of color, for Pierre and Albert Hoa in 1841. The houses, once identical to one another, had fine proportions with twin dormers on each, but were altered over the years to the point where they now have distinct differences. All three had some type of service building to the rear; the ones at 2018 and 2022 were both single-story cottages, and the one behind 2014 was a two-story pitched-roof building facing the side of the property. Walk to Touro Street and turn left. There are many small shotguns and cottages along the way here; notice how many have been altered while others have been restored. Continue on until you reach Royal, then make another left. At the end of this block is the:
- Glesso-Azereto-Cheti House, 700-02 Frenchmen. This large four-bay double townhouse was built between 1833-1836 for a trio of owners, Eugenie Glesso, Jean Baptiste Azereti, and Francisco Cheti. It was designed in the Creole style, without a stairhall leading from the front entrance, but an entrance parlor. A curving staircase was located in the rearmost room. There is a second-floor balcony with wrought-iron railing,
and eight horizontal rectangular openings below the simple cornice; molded-brick stringcourses run below them. A fine restored two-story service wing is visible from the Royal Street side. Turn left here and make your way back up Frenchmen. As you stroll up the street, you will be passing:
- Washington Square Park to your right, a lovely little patch of green space where locals and visitors alike can go to relax and take some sun, or perhaps take their dog for some exercise.
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