Creole Townhouses are perhaps the most iconic pieces of architecture in the city of New Orleans, comprising a large portion of the French Quarter and the neighboring Faubourg Marigny.  Creole townhouses were built after the Great New Orleans Fire (1788), until the mid-19th century. The prior wooden

  The Creole Cottage is the earliest remaining local housing type in the City of New Orleans. Built between the 1790s - 1870s. Heavily influenced by both French and Spanish construction methods and the local climate, the typical Creole Cottage is 1to 1½ stories tall, 2 rooms wide, and 2 rooms deep,