I-Colonel Short's Villa

Eyaziwa nangokuthi i-Short-Favrot House, lesi sigameko esidume kakhulu siyimoto eyintandokazi ku-Garden District izinkambo zokuhamba nezindawo zokuvakasha ezivakashela idolobha. Indlu ngokwayo iyathandeka, kodwa ukukhangwa kwangempela yi-fencing eyaziwa ngokuthi yi-cast-iron, eyenziwe njenge-cornstalks ehlangene ne-glories ekuseni.

Umlando Osheshayo Wendlu:

I-Villa yakhiwa ngo-1859 kuColonel Robert Henry Short, indoda eyayenza inzuzo yakhe njengomthengisi wekhomishana embonini ye-antebellum kotton ehamba phambili.

Omfushane wayengumdabu waseKentucky okhethile ukwakha indlu yakhe e-"American" Garden District yaseNew Orleans, njengezinye izikhulumi zesiNgisi ezathuthela eNew Orleans eminyakeni emithathu emva kokuthenga kweLouisana, futhi ngubani ongafanga bahlala esigodlweni saseFrance namaCreoles aseFrance.

Indlu yenzelwe isitayela sase-Italy ngomakhi uHenry Howard, owakhiqiza izindlu eziningi kakhulu eNew Orleans, kuhlanganise nekhaya elimangalisayo lokuhlwanyela ukutshala.

Indlu yayihlala ngesikhathi seMpi Yombango, kuqala nguMbusi uMichael Hahn, bese kuthiwa nguMajener General Nathaniel P. Banks. Yabuyiselwa kuColonel Short lapho impi iphelile ngo-1865, futhi wahlala lapho kwaze kwaba sekufeni kwakhe ngo-1890.

Umlando Osheshayo Wocingo:

Igoli likwazi ukuthi umkami uColonel Short wayengumuntu ohlala ekhaya u-Iowan, nokuthi wayenecingo lokumkhumbuza ngamasimu endala ekhaya. Kungenzeka ukuthi uyisitoreji nje, kodwa ngenxa yokuthi yayithakazelisayo futhi inhle.

Ucingo lwaphonswa yiThomas, iMiltenberger, & Co, igatsha laseNew Orleans yedolobha elidumile laseFiladelphia, Wood & Perot. Kusuka endlunkulu yabo e-Camp Street, Wood, eMiltenberger, & Co benza imisebenzi eminingi edume kakhulu ye-New Orleans, ehlanganisa izicingo, ama-balconi, kanye nezici zamathuna. I-cornstalk ucingo elimi kulokho okwamanje i-Corn Stalk Hotel e-Quarter yaseFrance nayo iphonswa yi-Wood, Miltenberger, & Co.

Ukuvakashela:

I-Colonel Short's Villa itholakala ekhoneni le-Fourth Street nePrytania (ikheli elisemthethweni yi-1448 Fourth Street), i-kitty-corner e-The Rink yezakhiwo zezitolo, ezakha ama-Garden Street Books. Kuyindawo yokuhlala yangasese futhi ayivulelekile ukuvakasha, kodwa ukukhanga okuyinhloko, ucingo, kungabhekwa kuseduze ukusuka emgwaqweni.