Willow Creek

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Louisiana Folk Houses
Single & double shotgun houses & Southern bungalows (not California bungalow styles) frequently were built around the same time frames & in the same neighborhoods. Except for some sections of New Orleans, shotgun houses were almost entirely built as dependent housing; most served as rental dwellings or as quarters for farm labor. Simplicity of construction & conservation of resources (building materials, space) probably made the shotgun house equally attractive to working classes in many are...