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 ...

The history behind the “shotgun” houses of New Orleans. Despite their association with New Orleans, researchers say the shotgun style originated farther afield.

The shotgun house is to New Orleans what the bungalow is to Chicago: the ubiquitous home of the middle and lower classes, found so frequently that it seems to have been stamped out by an assembly l… ...

Josh Morgerman, a worldwide storm chaser, is building a home in Old Town Bay St. Louis. The shotgun style house will have a New Orleans feel and the foundation is built 4 feet up from the ground.

This 100-year-old home is a shotgun-style duplex, a common New Orleans-style home that doesn't use hallways in the layout. The listing includes four bedrooms, four beds, and a full kitchen, living ...

Read up on the history, layout, and preservation of this Southern architectural style and its unique name. From the French Quarter to the Garden District, New Orleans is full of architecturally ...

Among these local design quirks is an adorably petite home style called the Shotgun house. Originally popularized in New Orleans and other parts of Louisiana around the 1800s, shotgun homes are ...

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 ...