Forty-five years selling the landmark homes of New Orleans.
Eleanor Farnsworth has represented buyers and sellers in the Garden District, Uptown and the French Quarter since 1980.
Eleanor Farnsworth has represented buyers and sellers in the Garden District, Uptown and the French Quarter since 1980.
Eleanor sold the former St. Charles Avenue mansion of Anne Rice and the former Prytania Street residence of Ella Brennan. She represented the buyer of the $3.3 million St. Charles Avenue home of James Carville and Mary Matalin, and represented both sides in the sale of a landmark Romanesque mansion on the Avenue.
In 2017 she represented the sale of 620 Ursulines Avenue in the French Quarter. At the time it was the highest-priced single-family residential sale ever recorded in the New Orleans area MLS.
An opulent raised villa returning to market after 56 years, with 14-foot ceilings, a rare circular staircase and gardens shaded by 200-year-old live oaks.
| Property | Area | Sold |
|---|---|---|
| 1 Garden Lane | Garden Lane | $4,947,000 |
| 5800 St. Charles Avenue | St. Charles Avenue | $4,500,000 |
| 6110 Marquette Place | Uptown | $4,400,000 |
| 7 Garden Lane | Garden Lane | $4,200,000 |
Eleanor Farnsworth started in real estate in 1980, a single mother of three who needed the work. Forty-five years later she is among the most decorated agents in Louisiana. Gambit readers voted her the city's number one Realtor in 2009 and again in 2010, and CityBusiness named her one of the 50 most influential people in New Orleans in 2025.
My career in real estate has been about the people, meeting new and exciting people and helping them to achieve their goals. Eleanor Farnsworth
She is a native New Orleanian and a specialist in the city's historic housing stock, holding the Historic Residential Specialist designation alongside CRS, GRI and BRC. She serves on the Tulane Emeritus Board and belongs to the Junior League of New Orleans, the Orleans Club, the Preservation Resource Center and the Louisiana Museum Foundation, and is a Fellow of the New Orleans Museum of Art.
She keeps in close touch with her clients, in her words, through the lost art of the telephone call.
Awarded by Who's Who in Luxury Real Estate. Eleanor also holds the Prudential Legend award, given to the top 1% of consecutive producers among 64,000 agents nationwide, and was ranked in the top 1.5% of agents in the country by RealTrends in 2026.
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