ErnestoCaldeira

About ErnestoCaldeira

Ernesto Caldeira has been a New Orleans and Woodville, Mississippi resident since 1970. Over the years he has been involved in restorations from New York to New Orleans and in 1986 was a co-recipent of the Vieux Carre Honor Award for the restoration of 516 St. Philip Street in the French Quarter. His genealogy of the Davis family appeared in Volume IV of the Papers of Jefferson Davis, LSU Press, and Rice University.It involves his work as a partner in the restoration of Rosemont Plantation, the Davis family home in Woodville, Mississippi, since 1971.He is active as Executive Director of the all volunteer Wilkinson County Museum in Woodville, recently served as a trustee of the Mississippi Heritage Trust for a six year term, is a board member of the Friends of the Cabildo in New Orleans for which he won the outstanding volunteer award in 2000, and the board of the Vieux Carre Property Owners Resident & Associates Inc.Prior to coming South he lived in New York City and was in the 1960’s Associate Producer of the CBS-TV daytime drama Search for Tomorrow. He now lives in the French Quarter, where he has restored a Creole Cottage at 1022 Dauphine Street.He has been a top producer for Dorian M. Bennett, Inc. since 1989 and is a Super Star Life Member of the New Orleans Realtors Association. In 2003 he was ranked 16th in sales for the New Orleans Metropolitan Area Realtors, with membership of 4,100 agents.His focus is on historic properties. He brings a lifetime of business experience and knowledge of the local scene to his active real estate practice.