Three-Bay Going Down

*This post was deleted by Blogger on about Thursday of last week. It has re-appeared, as shown below:

Here's what the house at 216 S. Johnson looked like yesterday.


The salvage crews have extracted a great deal from the building.

Here's what the building's facade looked like today:

Just down the block, proving there's rarely a dull moment in the Footprint, a car was being searched by police.  The occupant was arrested for distribution of heroin.

Creolized

A 3-bay shotgun on Cleveland Avenue in the LSU footprint sports Craftsman details in the porch columns and overhangs...but also some old school shutters over the windows, generally characteristic of older construction than is found in most of the footprint.

A close look also reveals the interesting recessed side gallery toward the back just before a side bay.

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