American Architecture
Gallery of American Creole Cottages & Shotgun Houses
"Drawing from the successes and failures of the dwellings erected by native, French, African, and Spanish inhabitants of the Caribbean and the northern coastline of the Gulf, the French, black, and Creole settlers of Louisiana developed the French Creole Plantation House type in the 18th century. . . It was followed late in the 18th and into the 19th century by the Raised Creole Cottage, the Raised (or American) Cottage and, in the 20th century, " [The History of Building Elevation in New Orleans] Read More PDF