The prominent dormer sets off the roofline and balances the wide tread of the welcoming stairs. Avenue mansion for $4.5M an icon of classic Southern style | Home/Garden | nola.com Skip to main content ...

The mansion was one of the inspirations for Shirley Jackson’s classic 1959 novel The Haunting of Hill House—a key gothic novel that portrays a house as a reserve of malignant energy. The ...