The 20th century houses shown on this page exhibit a quest for
individuality and contemporary expression. Figure 10 depicts a typical
central hall plan. The roof is hip and not the usual gable. This detail
required a shorter gallery which was not flush with the extreme end
walls. The front door is flanked by full width windows. Shutters were
added to the front gallery windows.
The bungalow plan appeared in North Louisiana in the mid 1910’s. This
two room wide and two or more room deep house type (figure 11)
proliferated in rural and urban areas. In its simplest form there was a
forward facing gable with a porch. Here is depicted a half porch. Double
windows were used.
The 1930’s house illustrated in figure 12 is typical of the one room
wide, several room deep shotgun plan found throughout much of Louisiana.
This plan type became the typical house type for workers in New Orleans
after the Civil War. It was seldom found in the hill parishes away from
the waterways. In the shotgun depicted in figure 12 plywood siding has
been installed over the original horizontal siding on the porch.
[Illustration: _Fig. 10. A 1910’s central hall house with attached
gallery (Bldg. 3)._]
[Illustration: _Fig. 11. The typical bungalow, two rooms wide with
gable front (Bldg. 52)._]
[Illustration: _Fig. 12. Circa 1930 shotgun, one room wide with
gable front (Bldg. 50)._]