Nothing tells a story like a home! Your support is vital to our mission of preserving two 19th-century French Quarter homes and, through their architecture, collections, and history, inspire discourse about our collective past and its relevance to our present and future. Visitors, students, and researchers explore such diverse topics as the lives of the houses’ owners and enslaved people, free people of color, open-hearth cooking, mourning rituals, and the entrepreneurial pursuits of women.
Thank you to all who contributed to the 2024 Historic Houses Society Gala:
chairs
Elizabeth Ehrensing Bush and Betsey McClellan Todd
Honorary Chair
Ethel Bush Clay
Emerita Board Member and two-time Past President of The Woman’s Exchange
Hosts
Erika and Ted Elliott
fellows Circle
Joy and Boysie Bollinger
Heritage Circle
Elizabeth and Peyton Bush; Susan and Jimmy Gundlach; Stacy and Jeremy Head; Betsey and Andrew Todd
Preservation Circle
Mallory and Ben Avin; Danielle and Mike Batten; Amber and Josh Beezley; Sallee and Tom Benjamin; Valerie Besthoff; Deana Blackburn; Katherine Boh; Mr. and Mrs. Ralph O. Brennan; Shannon Brice; Ashley and Edgar Bright; George Brower; Joey and Buzzy Brown; Helen and Kim Butcher; Marie and Jimmy Cahn; Rosemonde and Carlo Capomazza; Sibby and Hunter Charbonnet; Ethel Bush Clay; Ellen and Grant Coleman; Tink and Neil Crawford; Margaret and Morgan Cross; Carter and Chris Dawson; Sarah and Eric Ehrensing; Anne and Ted Eichin; Mrs. Celeste F. Eustis; Nancy and John Falgoust; Beth and Cliff Favrot; Carolyn and Brian Fitzpatrick; Sarah and Richard Freeman; Gayle and Tom Benson Charitable Fund; Rolanda Gaines; Catherine and Will Hales; Klara and Daniel Hammer; Dana Hansel; Katie Hovas; Nell Howcott; Mary and Eddie Johnson; Shannon and Phillips Johnston; Catherine and Jason Kuuskraa; Elly and Merritt Lane; Mary Lucy and David Lane; Nell Lanier; Marley and Michael LeBourgeois; Erin and Hans Luetkemeier; Dorothy and Joe Mann; Carol Markowitz; Sarah Martzolf; Dee McCloskey; Marion Cage McCollam; Virginia McCollam; Maury McCurdy; Kristin and Brian Moore; Natalie and Ryan Nagim; Betsy Nalty and Richard Simmons; Holly and John Nieset; Lori and John Paige; Zella Palmer; Angel and Jonathan Parham; Merisa and Ryan Pasternak; David Perlis and Debb Almeida; Holly and Guy Perrier; Meredith and Michael Pinkerton; Katherine and Beau Raymond; Anne and Edmund Redd; Pixie and Jimmy Reiss; Harriet Riley and Greg Browne; Mrs. Craig Ripley; Amy and John Robertson; Tia and Jimmy Roddy; Mary Martin and Richard Roth; Katherine and Robbie Saer; Louise and Cliff Saik; Mary and Justin Schmidt; Sarah Sharp and Jeff Meckstroth; Peggy Stafford and John Shires; Jennifer and John Steck; Melissa and Jerry Steiner; Studio West; Dr. Allisyn Swift and Mr. Jake Sauerbrey; Jeanne and Ted Swingle; Missy and Scott Taranto; Anne and Quentin Urquhart, Jr.; Kathleen and Charlie Van Horn; Virginia Weinmann; Virginia and Michael White; Andrea and Red Wilkes; Ginny and Adam Wirth; Elizabeth and Andrew Wooten; Sarah and George Young
In kind donors
Preservation Circle - $1000
Entrance for TWO to the Historic Houses Society Gala
Name recognition on the Historic Houses Society Gala Invitation and Program
Private after-hours tour for 6 with complimentary wine in the courtyard of either the Hermann-Grima House or Gallier House (*may be gifted to friends or family)
Complimentary Admission for two to both Hermann-Grima and Gallier House for one year
Free entrance to more than 1,000 North American Reciprocal Museum (NARM) institutions
Heritage Circle - $2500
Entrance for FOUR to the Historic Houses Society Gala
Name recognition on the Historic Houses Society Gala Invitation and Program
Private after-hours tour for 8 with complimentary wine in the courtyard of either the Hermann-Grima House or Gallier House (*may be gifted to friends or family)
Complimentary Admission for four to both Hermann-Grima and Gallier House for one year
Free entrance to more than 1,000 North American Reciprocal Museum (NARM) institutions
Fellows Circle - $5,000
Entrance for SIX to the Historic Houses Society Gala
Name recognition on the Historic Houses Society Gala Invitation and Program
Private after-hours tour for 10 with complimentary wine in the courtyard of either the Hermann-Grima House or Gallier House (*may be gifted to friends or family)
Complimentary Admission for six to both Hermann-Grima and Gallier House for one year
Free entrance to more than 1,000 North American Reciprocal Museum (NARM) institutions
Director’s Circle - $10,000
Entrance for TEN to the Historic Houses Society Gala
Name recognition on the Historic Houses Society Gala Invitation and Program
Private after-hours tour for 12 with complimentary wine in the courtyard of either the Hermann-Grima House or Gallier House (*may be gifted to friends or family)
Complimentary Admission for ten to both Hermann-Grima and Gallier House for one year
Free entrance to more than 1,000 North American Reciprocal Museum (NARM) institutions
*In the event of a change in public health restrictions, the gala will not be rescheduled. All membership benefits still apply.