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The shotgun cottage is the home of Risha MacBeth. A shotgun house is one room wide. There are doors connecting each room along one side with an unobstructed view through the house. There are approximately a dozen of this style home remaining in the district. These houses were built for mill workers. There are three in a row in the 200 block of Intendencia St.
Pensacola: Seville Historic District:
249 East Intendencia Stree
Pensacola: Seville Historic District: 249 East Intendencia Stree
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Garden spiders are welcome inhabitants of the district and help to control a large mosquito population. -
New buyers couldn't afford Victorian, Edwardian, or Queen Anne homes that were popular at that time. To make purchasing more affordable, something simpler was needed. They looked for a structure that could be erected easily, quickly and inexpensively. The shotgun house filled the bill. -
As the shotgun house evolved through the 19th century, it was embellished with decorative elements borrowed from popular tastes of the time, from Greek revival to Victorian gingerbread. -
Ceilings of the front porch were traditionally painted blue. In the South Carolina Low Country, there's a name for the blue of porch ceiling: haint blue. Alphonso Brown, a guide with Gullah Tours in Charleston, S.C., explains that a haint is a spirit or a ghost, and in Charleston, many people also paint the trim on their houses blue to ward off evil spirits.
What's Nearby?
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Pensacola: Seville Historic District: 227 East Intendencia Street (247 feet)