Posts Tagged ‘New Orleans Historic Home’
It’s the colors that make you notice this Uptown New Orleans home!
Saturday, January 30th, 2010
Its the colors that make you notice this New Orleans home ! It looks like it could have had some Caribbean influence as many early Louisiana plantations had. It also looks like a double! It also looks like a camelback home as well.
A New Orleans camelback is where a two story was added in the rear as an addition to make the home larger. It is generally a couple of bedrooms up and a larger living area down. In the late 1800’s homes were taxed on the height and width of the front of the home. So to avoid taxes and have more room the “camelback” was invented. In the late 1990’s you were taxed in many cases as to how well you knew the tax assessor !!
