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Lack of Interior Hallways
12016-03-01T08:26:02-08:00Genevieve DiVito58ba752aadffdee4a5b16fd16f323af63916b67381809plain2016-04-08T10:37:00-07:00Genevieve DiVito58ba752aadffdee4a5b16fd16f323af63916b673Creole architecture's lack of interior hallways comes from Haitian tradition. In 1809, many Haitian refugees fled to New Orleans, and they brought with them the tradition of building homes without interior hallways (Edwards, "Shotgun"). Soon the lack of interior hallways become a trademark of Creole design. Cultures, like Creole, who develop homes without interior hallways are particularly sociable, or at least not willing to sacrifice living space to just occasionally pass through (Campanella). Seen below is a traditional Creole "shotgun house." These houses were one room wide and many rooms deep. In order to pass through the house, every room must be entered. Shotgun houses were originally from Haiti, but incorporated early on into Creole architecture, along with all of its other characteristics,
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12016-03-01T08:21:17-08:00Genevieve DiVito58ba752aadffdee4a5b16fd16f323af63916b673Shotgun house, New Orleans1https://archidius.wordpress.com/2011/08/12/the-new-orleans-shotgun-house/media/shotgun.jpgplain2016-03-01T08:21:17-08:00Genevieve DiVito58ba752aadffdee4a5b16fd16f323af63916b673