Tuesday, December 8, 2015

Tombstone Tuesday and the Shotgun

The double shotgun house has been demolished. It sat on the edge of a well known cemetery in Jackson, Mississippi, Greenwood Cemetery.

13 comments:

Anonymous said...

The photos and your text are intriguing. It makes me want to know more about the story of the house.

Suzassippi said...

I think what is intriguing to me is the color and light--how the shotgun seems to be an extension of the tombstones in the same weathered shade of gray. Even the sky is gray.

LindaRe said...

The houses are being destroyed for new housing development and for an entertainment district in the city. I am curious about the families who once lived there.

LindaRe said...

It was a cold overcast January day. I don't think I noticed the shotgun the first visit to the cemetery.

Beth said...

I've never seen a double shotgun house. How interesting! I also wonder about the people who lived there and their lives.

alittlewiser63 said...

I grew up in shotgun house. It was torn down in the 1970s by Urban Renewal. It had a tin roof, wooden plank walls and the wind whistled through the knot holes in the winter time but was it was filled to the brim with love. Thanks for the memories!

LindaRe said...

One family lived on each side with shared yard.

LindaRe said...

I grew up in shotguns until I was about 14 years old. The last one was a double with connecting front porches.

Kristin said...

I first came in contact with a shotgun house on my first trip to Mississippi in 1971. When we lived in Simpson County, MS there were still some out there although a lot were being replaced with trailers or FHA houses.I know that my great grandparents lived in one in Alabama.

LindaRe said...

The same situation is happening in Jackson, the shotgun is being replaced but there are still a few left. Finding them is getting more difficult.

Saundra Williams Blackman said...

We always referred to these structures as duplexes. They were early versions of modern townhouses,smile.

Saundra Williams Blackman said...

We always referred to these structures as duplexes. They were early versions of modern townhouses,smile.

LindaRe said...

Hi Saundra, We used both terms, mostly shotgun.