House Types
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- glossary/french-colonial-plantation-house/" class="glossaryLink" data-cmtooltip="bb02d90ae8fc3249c7447bc1a5cf4d23" target="_blank" >French Colonial Plantation House
- Creole Cottage
- porte-cochere-townhouse/" class="glossaryLink" data-cmtooltip="fb02f424e8ed60a2e3705cb777fe6d22" target="_blank" >Porte Cochere Townhouse
- Outbuildings
- American Townhouse
- American Cottage
- Shotgun Single
- Shotgun Double
- Camelback
- Georgian Colonial
The Colonial Period (1718-1803)
- The Pitot House
The Postcolonial Period (1803-1830)
- Creole Cottage
- Outbuilding
- Porte-Cochere Townhouse
The Antebellum Period (1830-1862)
- revival/" class="glossaryLink" data-cmtooltip="d848f2a224334bf198f7ce38b2727fb6" target="_blank" >Greek Revival Shotgun House
- Greek Revival Raised American Cottage
The Victorian Period (1862-1900)
- style/" class="glossaryLink" data-cmtooltip="42620187451704f499c2f19e7f91d4b8" target="_blank" >Eastlake Shotgun Double
- Bracket Shotgun Single
- queen-anne-style/" class="glossaryLink" data-cmtooltip="8b733ee239aadf9ea4be3f6c4400019e" target="_blank" >Queen Anne House
The Early Twentieth Century (1900-1940)
- neoclassical-revival/" class="glossaryLink" data-cmtooltip="f2f92d11e380d27520aa7dea951cca3a" target="_blank" >Neoclassical Revival House
- Georgian Colonial Revival House
- bungalow-shotgun-double/" class="glossaryLink" data-cmtooltip="b45d9c07f00a53872ea8d80d1fd71ad0" target="_blank" >Bungalow Shotgun Double
- Spanish Colonial Revival
Glossary
vent/" class="glossaryLink" data-cmtooltip="7b4c5663ecb6850ccdd52d431375d268" target="_blank" >abat-vent
attic
barrel-tile/" class="glossaryLink" data-cmtooltip="9fe95086d68c30ca05b635d9a3f6e3b0" target="_blank" >barrel tile
beveled-glass/" class="glossaryLink" data-cmtooltip="792ab0312c0841f60017583234670fb6" target="_blank" >beveled glass
window/" class="glossaryLink" data-cmtooltip="5f67fd917aaf82803e145ac74b779a56" target="_blank" >casement window
cast-iron/" class="glossaryLink" data-cmtooltip="cfba752128a7d7c79888bce1acdf2955" target="_blank" >cast iron
classical architecture
Creole
Doric order
double
hung-window-2/" class="glossaryLink" data-cmtooltip="9a45f7526729e61f17ff64daca331b63" target="_blank" >double-hung-window/" class="glossaryLink" data-cmtooltip="89766c158038f6e3ef4b193eda6a572f" target="_blank" >double-hung window
pitched-roof/" class="glossaryLink" data-cmtooltip="1ea620d95fad71f8a96918be0f49cc73" target="_blank" >double-pitched roof
fire-walls/" class="glossaryLink" data-cmtooltip="9b586a150a2320588e494359a193034d" target="_blank" >fire walls
doors/" class="glossaryLink" data-cmtooltip="3c513a7d7cae383a33da61631da4608e" target="_blank" >French doors
hip-and-gable-roof/" class="glossaryLink" data-cmtooltip="ccbc4787375d09d95d039d2b6bf8606e" target="_blank" >gable-on-hip roof
key-surround/" class="glossaryLink" data-cmtooltip="d9d37304f1949f5749b1dbe57ec4f7c1" target="_blank" >Greek key surround
hipped-roof/" class="glossaryLink" data-cmtooltip="08b149cc56b8ed7b7d56c9c3b136bc36" target="_blank" >hipped roof
columns/" class="glossaryLink" data-cmtooltip="ed0b86a754e5c9b68d6b1e93e27225ab" target="_blank" >Ionic order
order
rusticated-stone/" class="glossaryLink" data-cmtooltip="1dd0660f95b8b9e1c704dae47df621a6" target="_blank" >ashlar-quoins/" class="glossaryLink" data-cmtooltip="ab3a792b901ff716c2fbac0f64da8e1d" target="_blank" >quoins
row-houses/" class="glossaryLink" data-cmtooltip="cf00c3eb84b4328c91db7074d402cfd6" target="_blank" >row houses
segmental-arch/" class="glossaryLink" data-cmtooltip="6504ff85710e8fe6e08e51c7424b530f" target="_blank" >segmental arch
shed-roof-3/" class="glossaryLink" data-cmtooltip="adbdb8c4141b7ab5e9895a34e8a754b3" target="_blank" >shed roof
band/" class="glossaryLink" data-cmtooltip="5eb23feadedfc25de83c181270246c3c" target="_blank" >spindle band
stained-glass/" class="glossaryLink" data-cmtooltip="91fa2b8b6389fb5175c971da91b4c6f2" target="_blank" >stained glass
turned-wood/" class="glossaryLink" data-cmtooltip="1180bd45ebce5c1e0640f52f74e1bbad" target="_blank" >turned wood
frame/" class="glossaryLink" data-cmtooltip="d2b6b5fd560bece918ec81cb845229ee" target="_blank" >wood frame
wrought-iron/" class="glossaryLink" data-cmtooltip="0b6f94855880f75d5a4ef035c7308147" target="_blank" >wrought iron
Source Citation
Vogt, Lloyd. A Young Person’s Guide to New Orleans Houses. New Orleans, Louisiana: Pelican Publishing. 1992.
