Stepping Up

When I was in urban planning school in New Orleans, I learned that in New Orleanian vernacular, houses built like this – one story in front and two in back – were called “camelback” houses. And they were built that way because property taxes were assessed based on the building’s height on the front property line.

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Santa Anna, Texas
photographed 2.17.2020

Posted on March 6, 2020, in Photography and tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , . Bookmark the permalink. 2 Comments.

  1. This didn’t show up on the reader, but I’m glad I got the email. Interesting story. Useless, but interesting.

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