About This Location
One of the best-preserved examples of American architecture in the French Quarter, built in 1831 for Samuel Hermann, a Jewish-German immigrant who prospered in the cotton industry. The house museum's working Creole kitchen is among the last remaining in the city.
The Ghost 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.
