Typical New Orleans 19th Century Elite Residence

The Tewell House is a 19th-century raised Italianate villa and private residence in New Orleans, Louisiana. It stands out among the city's remaining raised villas for its largely unaltered facade, retaining original massing and form except for the doorway. The house features unusually refined architectural detailing, including fluted Corinthian gallery columns, a well-proportioned front dormer, and paired windows set into the side gables. Its generous landscaped side yard preserves the spacious garden setting associated with elite New Orleans residences of the period, many of which later lost frontage through subdivision. The house also served as the home of Vice Admiral Aaron Stanton Merrill, a distinguished US Navy commander noted for his radar-directed cruiser victories in the Pacific during World War II. - AsNotedIn