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2. Buildings and architecture of New Orleans - Wikipedia

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   This style of architecture developed in New Orleans and is the city's predominant house type. The earliest extant New Orleans shotgun house, at 937 St. Andrews St., was built in 1848. [ citation needed ] Typically, shotgun houses are one-story, narrow rectangular homes raised on brick piers.

3. Shotgun house - Wikipedia

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   A camelback house, also called humpback, is a variation of the shotgun that has a partial second floor over the rear of the house. Camelback houses were built in the later period of shotgun houses. The floor plan and construction is very similar to the traditional shotgun house, except there are stairs in the back room leading up to the second ...

4. Pitot House - Wikipedia

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   The house is named for James Pitot, the fourth owner of the house who resided there from 1810 to 1819. Pitot is considered to be the first "American" mayor of New Orleans (1804–1805); for although he was a native of France, he became a naturalized American citizen before arriving in New Orleans in 1796. Inside are American and Louisiana ...

5. Destrehan Plantation - Wikipedia

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   The home is most commonly associated with its second owner, Jean-Noël Destréhan, who served briefly as the first United States Senator from Louisiana in 1812. He was influential in the transition of the Orleans Territory to statehood. The house is a unique example of a plantation home outliving the oil refinery that had been built around it.

6. Laura Plantation - Wikipedia

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   The plantation size, wings of the manor house, and outbuildings have changed over the years since the original plantation house completed in 1805. The sugar mill was located about 1 mile (1.6 km) behind the big house, surrounded by sugarcane fields. A longer dirt road extended behind the house for 3.5 miles (6 km), which was lined with the ...

7. Rene Beauregard House - Wikipedia

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   The Malus-Beauregard House, previously known as the Rene Beauregard house, is a home built in 1832-1833 and significantly altered in 1850's to a Greek Revival style [1] overlooking the Battle of New Orleans battlefield. Located in St. Bernard Parish about 6 miles east of the City of New Orleans and adjoining the field of Chalmette where the ...