Shotgun
April 5th, 2008 Categories: Architecture
Tradition has it that if you fire a shotgun through the front doorway of this long, narrow home, the bullet will exit directly through the back door. The style is characterized by a single story with a gabled roof. Shotguns are usually only one room wide, with each room leading directly into the next. Exterior features include a vent on the front gable and a full front porch trimmed with gingerbread brackets and ornamentation. Mail-order plans and parts for shotgun homes were widely available at the turn-of-the-century, making it a popular, low-cost structure to build in both urban and suburban settings.
Source Realtor.org
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Hey Rob,
Glad to see you’re still posting, and doing a great job at that.
I just wanted to comment on this post, but I never really understood the “shotgun” term.
Thanks for clearing it up. Talk to you soon!
hey good to hear from you. i had good teachers what can i say. I have always known them as a rifle house. I get these blurbs from realtor.org