Hermann-Grima House

At 820 St. Louis Street in the French Quarter, Hermann-Grima House is a restored 1831 home and museum. Its Federal-style rooms, courtyard, original stables and open-hearth outdoor kitchen bring 19th-century domestic life into view. A guided tour also examines the lives of the enslaved people who worked in the house and made the household’s comfort possible. The history is presented alongside the family story, giving you a fuller picture of wealth and urban enslavement in New Orleans. Advance reservations are recommended for the hourly Urban Enslavement Tour.

A French Quarter home from 1831

Hermann-Grima House stands on St. Louis Street in the French Quarter. Built in 1831, the restored home is a house museum, with the building itself at the center of the visit. Its Federal-style architecture and period furnishings offer a view of domestic life in 19th-century New Orleans.

The property was built for a wealthy household. Its rooms and grounds also tell a story about the labor that sustained that household, including the lives of enslaved people who worked there. The guided interpretation sets these histories alongside one another rather than treating the house as a story of architecture alone.

Rooms, courtyard and working spaces

The tour includes the house and courtyard, along with the original stables and an outdoor kitchen with an open hearth. These spaces help show how a large household functioned beyond its furnished rooms. The stables and kitchen are unusual surviving parts of the property, and the open hearth gives the kitchen a clear place in the home’s daily life.

The courtyard offers a view of the house from outside its main rooms. Together, the interior and working spaces make the property a record of both the residents’ surroundings and the people whose labor supported them.