My last post introduced you to my favorite Louisiana architect, A. Hays Town, whose style endures beyond his time, forever defining Southern Style. We looked at features which define the exterior of many of his homes. Beautiful brick facades, shuttered doors, slate porches and pathways, raised front porches and exterior stairs. One exterior structure used by Mr. Town is called a "pigeonnaire" and is a separate structure from the main house. That's right, a pigeon house. This structure dates back to the 16th century when pigeons were used as messengers and valued by the farmers. There are still many existing structures today in France. Mr. Town utilized the structure integrating it in to the garden scape. The homeowners used the structure for storage.
