TLDR
One of the best-preserved Federal-style homes in the French Quarter, built in 1831 for Samuel Hermann, a German-Jewish immigrant who made it big in cotton. The working Creole kitchen inside is one of the last surviving ones in the city.
The Full Story
The ghosts here are remarkably friendly, maintaining southern hospitality in death. The Widow Grima appears to visitors, sometimes mistaken for costumed staff. Spirits fill rooms with the scent of roses and lavender, and light fireplaces on cold winter mornings. Union soldiers from the occupation are also present but less welcoming. Visitors have engaged in conversation with period-dressed people who vanish moments later. The mansion was used to film American Horror Story: Coven in place of the inaccessible LaLaurie Mansion.
Visiting
Hermann-Grima House is located at 820 St. Louis Street, New Orleans, Louisiana.
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