Shotgun house

Shotgun houses, traditionally no wider than 12 feet, feature a cascaded floor plan, wherein each room is arranged behind the other. These popular residential archetypes born of post-bellum Southern America continue to dot modern cityscapes and draw eyes with their memorable color palettes, intricate architectural details, and space efficiency. Take a tour of these wow-worthy shotgun homes to experience their full glory and glamor.

View 29 photos for 2225 Short St, New Orleans, LA 70118, a 2 bed, 1 bath, 1,223 Sq. Ft. single family home built in 1920 that was last sold on 06/07/2022.

1880 Shotgun For Sale In New Orleans Louisiana. $925,000. Heart pine floors, 14 foot ceilings, fireplaces and historic mantels, and brackets.

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A second story was added to this sidehall shotgun house on Bayou St. John. Catch peaceful water views on the porch and check out the salvaged building materials used throughout the renovated home.

Camelot design by Ritz Craft. Click here for concept art and floor plans.

Remember when Chip and Joanna Gaines gave this tiny shotgun house a major makeover on "Fixer Upper"? It's on the market in Waco. Take a look!

A Georgia shotgun house for sale. One room wide features rooms back to back. It was said that if a gun were shot through the front door, it would pass all the way through the house and out the back door. Primarily found in the South, the shotgun house was often used for mill workers' and tenants' housing. (Disregard the agent's incorrect build date for this one.)

So-called 'shotgun houses' are said to be called such thanks to their straight nature, referencing not the long barrel, however, but the ability of shells to shoot through from front to back. In a tradition of Southern space-saving simplicity, this reinvigorated historic style skips halls to cre ...

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