The Colonel Short’s Villa is also known as the Cornstalk Mansion, due to its iconic black iron fence with each post supporting a carefully casted cornstalk as the topper. The fence also features the morning glory motif and lines the full perimeter of the property. If you are in the French quarter also make sure to check out the Cornstalk Hotel which has a similar fence design by the same designers ‘Wood, Miltenberger & Company’. This Italian-Renaissance villa was designed for Colonel Robert Short by Henry Howard and is admired for its asymmetrical shaped design.