 alk down Third Street from the Gilmore-Ewin House toward the river. On your left is the impressive: - Robinson-Jordan House, 1415 Third Street, with its curved, columned, double-gallery. The elaborate house was constructed in 1859 by Virginia tobacco merchant Walter Grinnan Robinson after designs by architect Henry Howard. It is reputed to be the first house with indoor plumbing in the city, and its elaborate interior features a center hall with five bays, and fifteen-and-a-half-foot ceilings.
A fine ironwork gallery is placed on the right-hand side of the house. Turning left at the corner of Coliseum and Third, continue to Second Street and look to the right at 1427 Second. This is the:
- D'Arcy-Schlesinger House. An unusual example of the raised cottage of the Civil War era, it was built in the 1850s. It reflects the Greek revival style of many of the upriver plantation houses, but with plain columns and simple lines in its design. the lovely ironwork was added to the front gallery in the 1930s. Walk up Second Street toward St Charles Avenue until you get back to Prytania. On the left at 2504 Prytania is the former Davis House, now known as the home of the:
 Women's Guild of the New Orleans Opera Assoc. This handsome Greek revival house was built in 1858 for Edward Davis after a design by William Freret. In the 1880s both elements of Greek revival and Queen Anne styles were incorporated in its design with the addition of an octagonal turret and the remodelling of the interior in the Victorian taste. The last private owner, Nettie Seebold, bequeathed the estate to the Women's Opera Guild upon her deathe in 1955. It is now open to the public for tours in groups of 20 or more people. Cross Prytania Street here and stop at the opposite corner in front of the:
- Brennan-Maddox House, 2507 Prytania. Yet another house built in the Greek revival style, it features both Ionic and Corinthian columns across its broad galleries, and a magnificent gold ballroom inside. It was built in 1852 for New Hampshire-born Joseph H. Maddox, the editor for the local New Orleans Daily Crescent. Crossing Second Street to the next block of Prytania, you will see the:
- Adams-Jones House at 2423 Prytania. The unusual curved gallery on the left side of the house is the first thing that catches the eye on this otherwise plain but attractive Greek revival raised cottage. The house was built in 1860 for John Adams, a New Orleans
merchant. Continue in the same direction on Prytania and cross First Street. On the opposite corner is the monumental:
- Bradish Johnson House, now known as the Louise McGeehee School. Lewis Reynolds designed this French Second Empire style mansion, the most costly of all the Garden District homes, for sugar factor Bradish Johnson in 1872 at a cost of $100,000, a very large amount of money for that time. The elaborate design, featuring paired Corinthian columns, classic window entablatures, a mansard roof, and French-style dormer windows, is sometimes instead attributed to architect William Freret. The interior features a beautiful glass-domed curved marble staircase. The private
McGeehee School for girls occupied the building in 1929. Across Prytania Street is the:
- Toby-Westfeldt House, at 2340. The oldest house in the Garden District, the house was built in 1838 for Thomas Toby in the raised cottage style typical of many Louisiana plantation houses. In fact it is situated amid a large plantation-like garden surrounded by an attractive white picket fence, and upon entering the front gate, one is instantly removed to a country setting. Continue your tour down Prytania Street for another block, cross over to the other side, and stop at number 2221, the:
- Grinnan-Reilly House. Henry Howard designed this Greek revival mansion
for cotton broker Robert Grinnan in 1850; it is one of the most original and sophisticated in the Garden District. A Classic style gallery crosses only part of the lower level, and beside it a balcony projects at the second level.
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