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WVUE: HNOC Curator Explores the History of Shotgun Houses
May 22, 2026
WVUE Fox 8 New Orleans spoke with Lydia Blackmore to discuss the history, features, and legacy of one of New Orleans’s most iconic building styles.
“You see the first shotgun houses in New Orleans in the early 1800s, which are very much associated with the wave of refugees and immigrants coming after the Haitian Revolution. They show the influences of Caribbean colonization and the huge impact that people of color have made here in New Orleans. Many of the first builders of shotgun houses were free people of color.”
Lydia Blackmore, HNOC curator
Shotgun Style: A Look at the History of Shotgun Houses
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