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| Keywords: LearHouseLouisianaAve1991NOLAAngleView.jpg New Orleans 1991 Alton Lear House 2016-2018 Louisiana Avenue Buildings seen since demolished; branch post office now on the site Significance The dwelling located at 2016-2018 Louisiana Avenue is a contributing element to the Uptown New Orleans Historic District a 750 block area listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985 for its state architectural significance for the period ca 1820 to 1935 The single-story double shotgun dwelling was constructed ca 1923 The dwelling is an example of the most common residential building type in the Uptown district Forty-eight per cent of the district's 10 716 buildings adopt a shotgun form The Alton Lear House is representative of the residential shotgun buildings constructed during the final phase of the district's development Historic American Buildings Survey photo by Harriet Wise Digital copy via Library of Congress website at http //hdl loc gov/loc pnp/hhh la0317 photo 1 Converted from TIFF to jpg border cropped and slight contrast adjustment by Infrogmation uploader before uploading to Wikimedia Commons 1991 Harriet Wise PD-USGov HABS LA 36-NEWOR 96-2 Shotgun houses in Uptown New Orleans 1991 in New Orleans Former houses in New Orleans Louisiana Avenue New Orleans | ||||
