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Shotgun
-- Tradition has
it that if you fire a shotgun through the front doorway
of this long, narrow home, the bullet will exit directly
through the back door. The style is characterized
by a single story with a gabled roof. Shotguns are
usually only one room wide, with each room leading
directly into the next. Exterior features include a vent
on the front gable and a full front porch trimmed with
gingerbread brackets and ornamentation. Mail-order plans
and parts for shotgun homes were widely available at the
turn-of-the-century, making it a popular, low-cost
structure to build in both urban and suburban
settings.
"Reprinted from REALTOR®
Magazine January, 2004
(http://www.realtor.org/realtormag) with permission of the NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS®. Copyright 2004. All
rights reserved."
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Advantage
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3205 Whipple Road - Union City, California
94587
(510) 429-4800
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