Solange Knowles has sold her Lower Garden District church property for almost $1 million, New Orleans public records show.
Knowles, via the Noble Jones Trust, swapped the property at 2930 Camp St. for $965,000 from a California corporation on April 5, according to the records.
Beyoncé's sister bought it in 2018 for $850,000 from First Christian Church, envisioning it as a home for her arts promotion company, Saint Heron.
Solange Knowles, seen in 2015, has sold her Garden District church property in New Orleans for $965.000.
By 2019, however, neighbors were complaining of loud noise, and a municipal inspector found the church had been turned into a recording studio, violating its residential zoning, the Uptown Messenger reported. Records show two citations for illegal use of the 7,000-square-foot lot, and more in 2022 for insufficient maintenance and demolition by neglect, the publication said.
A permit was issued in October for repairs to the building, which dates from the 1840s. But Knowles determined that the building -- with a 2,000-square-foot nave, 15- to 18-foot ceilings and hardwood floors -- wasn't the best fit for Saint Heron, her representative said, so she listed it March 1 for $950,000.
The buyer is St. John Garden District House LLC, which was formed March 29 by building contractor David Gerrity of Summerland, California.
