Creole hall-less floorplan

French Doors

Parlange
Pointe Coupee Parish

French Doors

John Lewis House
St. Landry Parish

Main floor on piers 6-8 feet high
Example: Raised Creole Plantation House

Labatut
Pointe Coupee Parish

Hipped Roof
Full Front Gallery
Example: Raised Creole Plantation House

Ormond
St. Charles Parish

Hipped Roof
Full Front Gallery
Example: Raised Creole Plantation House

Latatut
Pointe Coupee Parish

Cabinet/loggia range

Venus (Jim Bowie) House
St. Landry Parish

Cabinet/loggia range
Raised slightly on piers

Labatut
Pointe Coupee Parish

Exposed exterior ceiling beams

Stephanie
St. Martin Parish

Exposed interior ceiling beams

Sorapuru House
St. John the Baptist Parish

Wraparound mantel

Fanny Riche House
Pointe Coupee Parish

Wraparound mantel

Reserve Plantation
St. John the Baptist Parish

Wraparound mantel closeup

Glendale
St. John the Baptist Parish

Exterior stair
Example: Raised Creole Plantation House

Labatut
Pointe Coupee Parish

Exterior stair

Millet House
St. James Parish

Bousillage wall

Stephanie
St. Martin Parish

Continuous-pitched gable roof
Above ground basement
Example: Raised Creole Plantation House

John Baptiste Bergeron House
Pointe Coupee Parish

Continuous-pitched gable roof
Full front gallery
Example: Creole Cottage

Helvetia Dependency
Ascension Parish

Two rooms with common chimney
Full front gallery
Example: Creole cottage

Homeplace
St. Charles Parish

Fully encircling gallery
Example: Raised Creole Plantation House

Parlange
Pointe Coupee Parish

Fully encircling gallery
Example: Raised Creole Plantation House

North Bend
Pointe Coupee Parish

Chamfered columns

John Lewis House
St. Landry Parish

Chamfered columns

Destrehan
St. Charles Parish

Hipped roof sometimes double pitched
Example: Raised Creole Plantation House

Pointe Coupee Museum
Pointe Coupee Parish

Gable roof sometimes double pitched
Example: Creole cottage

Darby
St. Mary Parish

Exterior stair
Above ground basement
Example: Raised Creole Plantation House

Little Texas
St. James Parish

Slightly raised on piers
Example: Creole cottage

Magnolia Mound
East Baton Rouge Parish

Raised slightly on brick piers
Example: Creole cottage

Dugas House
St. John the Baptist Parish

Two rooms with common chimney
Hipped roof
Full front gallery
Example: Creole cottage

Joseph Petitpierre House
East Baton Rouge Parish

Two rooms with common chimney
Hipped roof
Full front gallery
Example: Creole cottage

Urban Creole Cottage
Vieux Carre (French Quarter)
Orleans Parish

Urban gallery-less cottage

Floorplan

Creole Townhouse Floorplan

525 Royal Street
Vieux Carre
Orleans Parish

Townhouse carriageway

521 St. Louis
Vieux Carre
Orleans Parish

Townhouse example with main living area above & lower level for commercial use

525 Royal Street
Vieux Carre
Orleans Parish

Townhouse Façade flush to sidewalk

Row of buildings
Vieux Carre
Orleans Parish

Townhouse narrow front balcony with wrought or cast iron banisters

Ducournau Square
Natchitoches Parish

Example: Creole Townhouse

Whitney Pigeonnier
St. John the Baptist Parish

Pigeonnier

Parlange Pigeonnier
Pointe Coupee Parish

Pigeonnier

Dorvin House
St. Charles Parish

briquette entre poteaux walls

Dorvin House
St. Charles Parish

Exposed exterior ceiling beams