Shotgun house
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A shotgun house is a narrow rectangular domestic residence, usually no more than about 12 feet (3.5 m) wide, with rooms arranged one behind the other and doors at each end of the house. It was the most popular style of house in the Southern United States from the end of the American Civil War (1861–65) through the 1920s. Alternative names include shotgun shack, shotgun hut, shotgun cottage, and in the case of a multihome dwelling, shotgun apartment; the design is similar to that of railroad apartments.
A modest shotgun house in New Orleans's Bayou St. John neighborhood shortly after Hurricane Katrina. Shotgun houses consist of three to five rooms in a row with no hallways and have a narrow, rectangular structure.
Shotgun house in the Fifth Ward neighborhood of Houston, Texas, 1973, as pictured in a photo by Danny Lyon.
Shotgun houses in Louisville, Kentucky. In cities, shotgun houses were built close together for a variety of reasons.
The portion of the Third Ward of Houston, Texas north of Truxillo has many shotgun shacks
Fazendeville, Louisiana
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Fazendeville was a small, historic, African American community in St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana, United States. Located near the Freedmen's Cemetery in the parish, this village was razed during the 1960s as part of an expansion of the Chalmette National Battlefield in the Jean Lafitte National Historic Park and Preserve.
Fazendeville and the Chalmette National Cemetery and Chalmette monument, aerial view from southwest, 1963
Battle Ground Baptist Church and neighboring shotgun-style houses, Fazendeville, Louisiana, 1960
Laundry drying at an occupied cabin, Fazendeville, Louisiana, 1960
Fazendeville as seen from the American Rampart Line, 1958