Inside New Orleans
YOUR NOLA ARCHITECTURE CHECKLIST One of the best ways to get to know New Orleans is through its picturesque, historical homes. Here are a few of the city’s most prominent architectural styles, and shops, the accommodations and restaurants where you can see them from the inside.
Then you have…
creole Cottage If it has…
Lafitte's Blacksmith Shop ©flickr/Karrie Smith
A high, steep side-gable roof A brick chimney Wooden storm shutters Four front openings (typically two windows and two doors)
The Creole Cottage. Upscale French Quarter Creole restaurant Bayona is housed in a gorgeous Creole cottage with a romantic courtyard. Lafitte’s Blacksmith Shop, a Bourbon Street bar built in 1732, is another variety of Creole cottage.
Center Hall Cottage If it has… One-and-a-half stories, with a front entrance Columns running the length of a wide porch, with the front door centered Side-gabled roofs, often with dormer windows Pere Antoine ©flickr/Samuel Uy
creole townhouse If it has… Two- to three-stories Wrought or cast iron-skirted balcony Hidden rear courtyards A brick or stucco exterior
Then you have… The Center Hall Cottage. The BeauregardKeyes House museum is a fine example of this style in the French Quarter, as is Ashton’s Bed and Breakfast in the Esplanade Ridge Historic District.
Then you have… The Creole Townhouse. See the inside of one of these beauties at Creole restaurant Pere Antoine, gift stores Razzle Dazzle and Forever New Orleans, and the Pontalba Buildings that surround Jackson Square.
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