Gallier House

Another great urban house. Just four of us on the tour and we got great info from our guide who had been drafted in to cover an emergency.Built in 1861, by local architect James Gallier, Jr. as his private family residence, this Victorian French Quarter townhouse exemplifies architectural features that are not only unique to New Orleans, but also innovative and advanced for the period. Marked by an iconic Paris Green gate, the Royal street home includes an ornate interior décor, running hot and cold water, experimental skylight, intact attached slave quarters, and classic courtyard.Another American Horror Story "Coven" stop on your tour.See if you can get on Leah the Magnificent's tour. She was off when we went but we had her at Herman Grimma and she is the best.

I love a museum that showcases a pieces of history by allowing you to move through the space. It was informative and I do appreciate the respect used to tell the story of all of the individuals in household.Glad that I decided to stop in at the last minute.

We took the nighttime Death and Mourning tour and it was so acceptable and educational. We learned so much about Victorian life in New Orleans, from the perspective of both the affluent and the enslaved.Our tour guide(who's name i can't remember, so sorry!) was such a pleasure to listen to and made the entire tour so enjoyable.

The Herman-Grima house and the Gallier house are owned by the same people, the Herman-Grima house tour focuses more on the point of view of the enslaved, while the Gallier house focuses on the point of view of the owner. The person who first owned this, and who designed and built this, was an architect, and put in the most modern convenances of that time into this house. It was the last built on this block and next to a water bottling company, so it was noisy. The house is very lovely, and the features were amazing to behold. An indoor toilet and bath! An indoor kitchen! This house was a short walk from all things popular in the Quarter, but worth the visit. Leah, the docent, was a wealth of information. I am so very glad that I came on this tour. If you are local, come by. If you are a visitor, come by. You will not regret it.

The Gallier House was such a nice retreat from the hectic Bourbon Street area. Walking in, it felt so peaceful and air-conditioned!They gave me $5 off because I showed them my receipt for the Hermann-Grima House.It's pretty much intact and still contains much of the furnishings from when the family used to live in there. You get in with a guided your guide. It seems as if everybody comes to New Orleans to party even though they say they're interested in the history. This place is relatively under appreciated.

Did this and Hermann Grima house. I have no favorites. Both were great. If you have time and dont mind being inundated with history then do both. Olive was our tour guide. Soothing voice, very informative, answered every question the group had about family, life in the mid 1800s and about the architectural features of the home. Tour took about an hour. Loved how the Hermann Grima/Gallier house tours approached slavery in the South. Our guides did a fantastic job of humanizing the enslaved in New Orleans which offered a much needed sobering perspective when viewing these opulent homes.

My sister and I booked a tour here (Creole death and mourning) and had a great time. Our guide Danielle was terrific, informative, and personable and handled the house's history of enslavement in a sensitive and caring way. Note: this house has one very steep set of stairs and several level changes between rooms, call for accommodation options ahead of time if you use mobility aids. We both love fiber arts and material culture, Danielle knew a lot about where the textiles and needlework came from, the role it played in the lives of the women in the house, and how home goods and clothing would have played in the rituals of the time. She was able to connect our questions to the history and steer us to more information at the sister property and in the gift shop. We picked up "Creole Cookery" and "Luxury, Inequity and Yellow Fever: Living Legacies and the Story of Old New Orleans" from the gift shop and will be back next time for the historical cooking demonstration and a tour of the Herman-Grima house.

We had a great time! The house was super well-preserved, and our tour guide Katie was FANTASTIC. She was very knowledgeable and gave a wonderful tour. Definitely a highlight of our trip!!!

Our tour of this house was the highlight of our visit to New Orleans. The house was fascinating with a combination of a beautiful home and great insights to the lives of enslaved people who lived there. The tour guide brought the whole house alive with lots of insights on New Orleans too.The house is a short walk from other attractions in the French Quarter of New Orleans.

This is the building that is featured in the new TV series, "Interview with a Vampire" as Lestat's home.