shotgun

Isaac Kremer/ September 9, 2018/ / 0 comments

A one-story narrow rectangular house with rooms one behind another and doors at either end of the structure. They are usually no more than twelve feet wide. The name refers to the idea of being able to fire a shotgun through the front door and not having the shot hit a wall before exiting the back. This was a popular building type from the end of the Civil War through the 1920s, particularly in New Orleans. One variation, the camelback has a second-story addition near the back of the house. Another variation, the double shotgun, has two houses under one roof divided by a central wall running the length. (Kremer, 2024) Photo from Ransom Place, Indianapolis, Indiana, 2005.