BK Historic House and Gardens

This guide to BK Historic House and Gardens in New Orleans opens with a child born at 1113 Chartres Street in 1837 who reportedly learned chess just by watching his father and uncle play. It follows Paul Morphy's rise through New Orleans, then a childhood win over touring professional Johann Lowenthal, and a dominant run at the first American Chess Congress, before he crossed the Atlantic to face Lowenthal again in London. You'll also hear about novelist Frances Parkinson Keyes, who later restored the walled garden and wrote a novel about the boy who once lived under this roof. Walk into that garden and picture the two very different games played out there.