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. creole Cottage If it has… A high, steep side-gable roof A brick chimney Wooden storm shutters Four front openings (typically two windows and two doors) Then you have… 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. Lafitte's Blacksmith Shop ©flickr/Karrie Smith 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 Then you have… The Center Hall Cottage. The Beauregard-Keyes 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. 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 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. ©Ashton's Bed & Breakfast 36
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