Magnolia Mansion NAMED ONE OF 2007 TOP 10 ROMANTIC BED AND BREAKFAST & COUNTRY INNS BY American Historic Inns, Inc., publisher of more than 2.5 million bed & breakfast guidebooks. Magnolia Mansion Bed & Breakfast as Featured on: The Today Show, NY1 News, & Channel 10 Syracuse NY News. Experience the grandeur of old New Orleans. Imagine surrounding yourself in peaceful luxury, as you slip back in time, at Magnolia Mansion, built in 1857-1858. Massive live-oaks frame the Mansion's beautifully landscaped grounds. Magnolia trees and flowers perfume the air surrounding an impressive and immense courtyard. With eleven phenomenal Corinthian columns and a double-galleried balcony makes this Mansion one of the most photographed architectural treasures of New Orleans. From the moment you enter the spectacular hall of this raised Greek-revival Mansion, and are greeted by larger-than-life sculptures of Eros and Aphrodite, the Greek deities of love, you realize fantasies can come true.