Not a wildly popular home in and Columbus, the shotgun can be found sparingly in mid century working class Columbus Neighborhoods and on rare Italian Village or Franklinton lots. 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.
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Not a wildly popular home in and Columbus, the shotgun can be found sparingly in mid century working class Columbus Neighborhoods and on rare Italian Village or Franklinton lots. 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. 
