The Home of Britton Trice, owner of New Orleans' Garden District Bookshop


In my series that showcases author's and bookseller's homes:

Authors
Robert Olen Butler
Nevada Barr
Jamie Kornegay
Will Harlan

Booksellers
Mitchell Kaplan
Emoke B'Racz
Janet Geddis

and SIBA Executive Director, Wanda Jewell

I add bookseller and publisher, Britton Trice.
The Garden District of New Orleans is known for its beauty and style. I've spent many happy hours wandering the streets admiring the homes and shops. 




Deep in the heart of this district is the Garden District Bookshop, owned by Britton Trice. Way back in 2012 I did a short blog about the store, click here to see.

Garden District Bookshop
Just a few blocks from the bookshop is Britton and his wife Ann's home. Here are some photos I took of the gorgeous interior when I visited him last year. The house has stood for more than 169 years.
House- built circa 1850



Lush entrance to the back Garden.


Portrait of Ann's mother done in Milwaukee by Marie Danforth Page, 1928.

Fireplace in bedroom. Art by Ann's favorite artist, Emyo - Emily Ozier

Britton walking his daughter Eliza down the aisle in 2012

Classic New Orleans style living room.

In the living room - portrait of Ann's great, great, great grandmother Sophia Louise Manly from North Carolina.

Memorabilia shelf in library
"Mostly small items done by local craftsmen that we picked up locally and on travels. Several are small Zuni fetish carvings that we got in Santa Fe - one of our favorite go-to places." 


Two photographs by infamous Storyville photographer E.J. Bellocq




Family photos on photo wall,

"Ann's high school graduation class, Ann and her cousins, my brother's Big Sur wedding, Ann's dad as a young boy."

Kitchen, where many a delicious meal has been prepared.

"Den- where I spend interminable hours on Edelweiss & email."

Collage in kitchen by Ann's sister, Kate Robinson.

"Stairway where I get lots of exercise."

Photo of Anne Rice in Britton's large collection of her books and ephemera.

Guest room with Britton's grandfather's bed, which originally came with a horsehair mattress.
Painting of Eliza at the beach as a young girl by Ann's mother - Bemis Van Dyke Godfrey, who sadly, passed away in 2017 at 92.


Twin grandchildren's (below) play room.



Lizzie Jane and Britton (the younger)
Lizzie Jane's sleepover bed.
A gravestone rubbing of Ann's great, great, great.... grandfather Col. John Buttrick- who commanded the troops on the first attack of the British at the North Bridge in Concord, Mass.


                                    Collection of paintings by Ann's very talented mother, Bemis.



             Two views of their extensive library. The one below has that memorabilia shelf.




And finally, the owners of this New Orleans' classic
 


Britton and Ann Trice

Thank you both for your kindness and hospitality, you have such a beautiful home.







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