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A rare survivor of American influence in a largely Creole quarter, the Hermann-Grima House stands on Saint Louis Street as one of the finest examples of Federal-style architecture in the French Quarter. Built in 1831 for a prosperous German-born merchant named Samuel Hermann, and later home to the Grima family, the elegant brick mansion stands apart from its Spanish-colonial neighbours with its symmetrical facade, fanlight doorway and restrained classical proportions. The house is preserved as ...