Few elements of the New Orleans cityscape speak to the intersection of architecture, sociology and geography so well as the shotgun house. Once scorned, now cherished, shotguns shed light on ...

If we didn't already have so many claims to fame, New Orleans could easily be called the "Shotgun House Capital of the World, " not because we are the only city where you'll find shotgun houses ...

Shotgun homes are iconic for their presence in New Orleans. These small, single-story spaces are only one room wide and two to three rooms deep. You walk through each room without any hallways to ...

“Shotgun” houses — typically narrow, rectangular, one-story structures featuring doors on each end with a straight “shot” from one to the other — are closely associated with New Orleans.

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Shotgun houses are small, single-story buildings that are only one room wide—typically no more than 12 feet across. They are two to four rooms deep without any hallway, which means you have to ...

If designer Tanga Winstead has a singular talent, it’s problem-solving. Take the space-saving ideas she incorporated into her shotgun house on Annunciation Street across from Wisner Park. “I ...

The shotgun house at 5427 Burgundy Street in the Holy Cross neighborhood of the Ninth Ward has been abandoned since Hurricane Katrina. It's a nice family house, serviceable and graceful, with 11 ...

Believed to be uniquely New Orleans, shotgun houses are now thought to have their roots in Haiti, or even Africa. Still, forms of the one-room-wide homes, with a living room ...