Acoustically, it’s hard to beat Gothic Revival churches, which were specifically built to enhance the full, reverberant sound of worship songs. This Treme church opened in 1847, and it includes a pipe organ donated by Andrew Carnegie. Shuttered post-Katrina, the 14,000-square-foot church found new life as a recording studio. Clients ranging from Willie Nelson to Katy Perry have recorded there. This past summer, the owners opened Lamara, a plant-based coffee shop, adjacent to the studio.

After wandering for years, Southern Rep Theatre found a permanent home in the former St. Rose de Lima church. Many elements of the circa-1915 Gothic Tudor church were preserved post-renovation, including its stained-glass windows and vaulted ceilings. The venue’s bar, Sanctuary, was built from the church confessional’s wood.

There’s a neon sculpture where the baptismal pool once stood, and yoga mats have replaced rows of pews, but the vibe at the 7th Ward’s Church of Yoga remains calm and sacred. Renovated to the studs by Concordia Architecture, the former Baptist church now hosts more than 35 yoga classes a week, including free beginner’s yoga, community classes, and morning mantras.

After undergoing a $37.4 million renovation in 2016, the former Andrew J. Bell school was converted into affordable housing, and its former chapel became a 2,000-square-foot community space. Built in 1904, its Gothic features include dormer windows with leaved stone finials, stained glass, and Corinthian columns.

A bar occupies the rectory at the former Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Church and School campus in the Marigny. Cypress moldings, stained glass windows, and marble mantels remain intact at the circa-1860s church, which is now a 71-room boutique hotel.

Designed by French architect Theodore Giraud and built in 1853, The Marigny Opera House now serves as a “church of the arts” (e.g., a theater, banquet hall, and events space). Solange saw fit to hold her 2014 wedding in the gorgeously weathered former Holy Trinity Catholic Church, which is now among the buzziest venues in New Orleans..