One of the first of the grand early-twentieth-century apartment buildings in New Orleans and the city’s first cooperative
apartment building, Emlah Court broke the tradition of single-family houses on the avenue. The five-story building is constructed of reinforced concrete, wood, and brick, and the first story is stuccoed with horizontal divisions to imitate rustication. Emlah Court offered three-bedroom apartments on each floor, with the luxury of three bathrooms and an elevator. A curved metal marquee over the entrance and curved frames on some windows suggest the influence of Art Nouveau, a rare feature for New Orleans.