Shotgun House
c. 1880
This shotgun house is from Tally-Ho Plantation in the Bayou Goula area and typical of the style built after Reconstruction (1877) for the share-croppers and tenant farmers.
The term "shotgun" refers to a building that is one room wide and several rooms deep, with all the doors aligned.
Erected by Rural Life Museum. (Marker Number 4.)
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Architecture • Settlements & Settlers.
Location. 30° 24.627′ N, 91° 6.835′ W. Marker is in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, in East Baton Rouge Parish. It is in Highlands/Perkins. It can be reached from Essen Lane south of Interstate 10. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 4560 Essen Lane, Baton Rouge LA 70808, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in Louisiana’s Florida Parishes. It is also in the American South, specifically in the Deep South, and in the Great River Road Region. Globally, it is in North America, a Gulf of Mexico state, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain, the territory of the Mississippian Culture, the Louisiana Purchase, one of the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Acadian House (within shouting distance of this marker); Split-Cypress Barn (within shouting distance of this marker); Germain Bergeron House (within shouting distance of this marker); College Grove Baptist Church (within shouting distance of this marker); Grist Mill (within shouting distance of this marker); Tyrone Slave Cabin
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More about this marker. Located on the grounds of the LSU Rural Life Museum grounds.
Also see . . . Museum Website. (Submitted on May 27, 2019, by Cajun Scrambler of Assumption, Louisiana.)
Credits. This page was last revised on February 12, 2023. It was originally submitted on May 27, 2019, by Cajun Scrambler of Assumption, Louisiana. This page has been viewed 581 times since then and 24 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on May 27, 2019.
