Creole cottage

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Michael Hopping lives and works out of his raised Creole cottage in the River Parishes, not far from New Orleans. The house has seen it all, including the flood of 1927 that devastated south Louisiana and the Mississippi Delta. When the levees were heightened and widened in 1928, the house was moved inland a bit, farther away from the Mississippi River, to make way for the more robust levees.

While shotgun homes are the city’s most iconic house style, the Creole cottage is its oldest.

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Creole Cottage Floor Plan Lake Level

DescriptionIn many areas of the Lower South, French and Spanish influences blended to form a unique house type-the Creole cottage. Borrowing freely from European styles, early settlers on the Gulf Coast gradually modified the design to adapt to the warm, humid climate. Although born in towns from New Orleans to Mobile, the Creole cottage also appeared in the interior South, where the Greek Revival style influenced it. The symmetry, center-hall plan, and exterior chimney are characteristic of…

Classic Creole cottage in the River Parishes becomes home for landscape designer | Home/Garden | nola.com

Homeowners throughout Louisiana’s Acadiana region have embraced houses that help beat the harsh climate

One distinctive feature of this Louisiana Creole cottage is the presence of a wide, covered porch that spans the front facade. This porch, known as a

It has an open floorplan, complete with cypress trim, mantels, hardwood floors, tall ceilings, and gorgeous windows.

NOLA Creole Cottage — Design Bank

It sits right between the Marigny and French Quarter

Cajun cottage swing

Bertel Consulting (contractor)