3 shotgun houses in New Orleans you should buy right now
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Popularized in the mid- to late-19th century, shotgun houses have a distinctive shape and layout. Just one room wide, living spaces, kitchen, and bedroom are arranged enfilade (a fancy term meaning that all doors line up and create the appearance of a ?hallway? where there is none) along a common axis, creating a house that is not unlike a railroad-style apartment in a city.
The front door of the shotgun house always opens onto the living room, which then leads to the bedroom with the kitchen in back. Central chimneys efficiently allow for back-to-back fireplaces in the row of rooms. That row of rooms is also supposedly the genesis of the the term ?shotgun house:? It?s thought that someone could fire a shotgun from the front door and have the bullet exit the back door without hitting a single wall.
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A typical shotgun floor plan.
Shotgun houses are scattered about the American south, but they are most typical in New Orleans. Instead of a yard, shotgun homes generally have a small porch that immediately abuts the street with just a few steps leading to the front door. The houses were built in a variety of architectural styles, too, from Greek Revival to Victorian, which reflects how their popular form spanned ...
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