This small plot has two shotgun style houses on it, meaning an extended family can live together. Legend has it that the shotgun style house was so named because if you stood on the front porch and fired a shotgun through the front door, with all the house doors open the bullet would go all the way through. These houses were quick to build and took up minimal space, perfect for the rapidly growing population in New Orleans in the 1920s. #neworleans #shotgun #shotgunhouse #1920 #1920s