1772 New Orleans
French Quarter Cottage Plans
Download plans for an
eighteenth century French cottage.
The 1772 cottage
is now a bar and popular tourist attraction. Photo:
Lobberich/Flickr
Known as "Lafitte's
Blacksmith Shop," this cottage was built, sometime before 1772,
on the corner of Bourbon Street and Saint Philip Street in New
Orleans. It is believed to be the location of a blacksmith shop
operated by the pirates Jean and Pierre Lafitte.
The original
five-room home was typical of many early French-culture houses
of eighteenth century New Orleans. Its roof and floor framing is
cedar. Its wall structure is of cedar posts, with the space
between the posts filled with brick. Both the exterior and
interior wall surfaces were originally finished with plaster.
A plan set is
available from the Historical American Buildings Survey through
the link below. The seven-page drawing set has floor plans,
exterior elevations, building sections and construction details.
The drawings show the condition and finishes in the building as
of 1935, with some nineteenth and twentieth century renovations
and repairs in place.
First Floor Plan
Bourbon Street Cottage Plan Set
These plans will print on 8 1/2x11 paper on most computer
printers. Ledger and larger size prints can also be produced
from the same file by using a large format printer. If you don't
have one of those, a copy shop should be able to provide you
with prints.
The Historic
American Buildings Survey is a joint effort of the Library of
Congress and the National Park Service. Read more about their
efforts to preserve America's heritage by visiting their
website:
Built in America To learn more
about the cottage shown here, search for it by its card
number: LA0018
