Shotgun house
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A shotgun house is a narrow rectangular domestic residence, usually no more than about 12 feet wide, with rooms arranged one behind the other and doors at each end of the house. It was the most popula
A modest shotgun house in New Orleans's Bayou Saint 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
Elvis Presley Birthplace
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The Elvis Presley Birthplace is a historic museum site in Tupelo, Mississippi, dedicated to the preservation of the birthplace of American musician Elvis Presley. It is listed on the Mississippi Blues
Shotgun house
…doors intentionally misaligned to deter these spirits. They also often serve as a convenient symbol of life in the south. Elvis Presley was born in a shotgun house, Aaron Neville of The Neville Brothers grew up in one, and according to bluesman David Honeyboy Edwards, Robert Johnson died in one. Shortly before his…
Presley's birthplace in Tupelo, Mississippi