A Young Person’s Guide to New Orleans Houses (1992)

House Types

The Colonial Period (1718-1803)

  • The Pitot House

The Postcolonial Period (1803-1830)

  • Creole Cottage
  • Outbuilding
  • Porte-Cochere Townhouse

The Antebellum Period (1830-1862)

The Victorian Period (1862-1900)

The Early Twentieth Century (1900-1940)

Glossary

abat-vent

arch

architrave

attic

balcony

baluster

balustrade

barrel tile

bays

beveled glass

bracket

cantilevered

capital

casement window

cast iron

classical architecture

colonnette

column

Corinthian order

cornice

courtyard

Creole

dentils

Doric order

dormer

double

double-hung window

double-pitched roof

eave

entablature

facade

finial

fire walls

French doors

frieze

gable

gable-on-hip roof

gallery

Greek key surround

hipped roof

Ionic order

light

louver

order

ornaments

parapet

pedestal

pediment

piercework

piers

pillar

pitch

plaster

porch

porte cochere

portico

quoins

rafter

row houses

segmental arch

shed roof

shingles

shutter

sidelights

siding

single

spindle

spindle band

stained glass

stucco

turned wood

transom

trim

weatherboard

wood frame

wrought iron

Source Citation

Vogt, Lloyd. A Young Person’s Guide to New Orleans Houses. New Orleans, Louisiana: Pelican Publishing. 1992.