Restoration and Repair of Hermann-Grima House
Built in 1831, Hermann-Grima House is one of the most significant residences in New Orleans. This handsome Federal-style mansion with its courtyard garden boasts the only stable and functional 1830s outdoor kitchen that remain in the French Quarter. Through painstaking research, archaeological studies and careful review of the building contract and inventories, the house complex accurately depicts the gracious lifestyle of a prosperous Creole family.
The Hermann-Grima Complex consists of three separate buildings; the Main House, the Carriage House, and the Dependency/Slave Quarters. Each building provides an opportunity for interpretation and preservation.
Today the effects of time has taken its toll on the buildings of the Hermann-Grima House. The brick and the mortar have been severely eroded throughout several of the site’s structures and in some areas have compromised the structural integrity of the buildings.
Urgent renovations need for the Hermann-Grima House include:
Carriage House Exterior & Structural |
$57,000 |
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| Repoint missing and deteriorated mortar, replace missing bricks, tuckpointing of walls, correct moisture issues, replace plaster watershed and cap, remove Portland Cement from prior improperly-repair, general cleaning | ||
Carriage House, Interior |
$25,500 |
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| Repair and replace drywall, floorings, hardware, and fixtures, millwork, shutters and repaint interior walls | ||
Main House Exterior & Structural |
$58,000 |
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| Repoint missing and deteriorated mortar, replace spalled bricks, replace missing bricks, tuckpointing of walls, correct moisture issues, repair sloughing of granite base, replace disentigrating bricks at grade, repair crack in bricks and mortar, remove Portland Cement from prior improperly-perfomed repair, general cleaning | ||
Main House,Interior |
$260,000 |
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| Repair and replace hardware and fixtures, shutters, window sashes, doors and replaster and repaint interior walls, structural repairs to attic and repairs to electrical system | ||
Dependency/Slace Quarters Exterior & Structural |
$80,000 |
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| Repoint missing and deteriorated mortar and replace failing mortar joints, replace chipped and spalled bricks, replace missing bricks, tuckpointing of walls, correct moisture issues, repair sloughing of granite base, replace disintegrating bricks at grade, repair cracks in bricks and mortar, remove Portland Cement from a prior improperly-performed repair, general cleaning | ||
Dependency/Slave Quarters Interior |
$100,000 |
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| Repair and replace hardare and fixtures, recondition shutters, replaster walls, repair millwork and repaint interior walls, repair plumbing | ||
New HVAC System for Hermann-Grima House |
$100,000 |
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TOTAL |
$656,500 |
