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Built in 1831, the Hermann-Grima House is run by the same people who administer the Gallier House Museum. This symmetrical Federal-style building may be the first building of its kind to be erected in the French Quarter and is easily recognizable among the many French-style structures that make up much of the area. The Hermann-Grima property stretches from St. Louis Street to Conti Street and contains one of the French Quarter's last surviving stables, complete with stalls.
The Hermann-Grima House would pass through two separate families before becoming a boarding house in the 1920s. The building has been carefully restored, making a tour of this place as authentic and historical as possible. On Thursdays there are cooking demonstrations (depicting the methods used in the nineteenth century) in the house's 1830s kitchen.
There are plenty of tours in town that stop here, with docents more than willing to explain the history of this house. A visit during holidays is especially appealing. At Halloween, for instance, the building is draped in typical 1800s mourning, and tour guides provide extensive information on the related customs of the period. The house is decked out at Christmas as well.
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