The Creole Cottage is an historic home in Spanish Town. It was built in 1900 by the father of Mary Bird Perkins, who siezed the property from the Stewart Dougherty family as payment on debt, as a basic rental, which consisted of 2 bedrooms, a living area and dining area, cooled by a double shotgun layout, which allowed breezes to flow through the home. When the Creole Cottage was constructed, it didn't just lack plumbing and electricity, but an indoor kitchen and bathroom. The house's original back porch was enclosed in 1947 (the date on the home's original range, which is still on the property) to create a kitchen, bathroom, and a third room that would later be a utility room. Over the centuries, this all-cypress construction home was retrofitted with electrical wiring and indoor plumbing, and later, central heat and air conditioning, but the home still has its original windows, doors, and siding. A new back porch was added in 1999, and in 2001 a new wooden floor was put on top of the old one, the kitchen, bath, and utility room floors upgraded to ceramic tile, and the chimney was removed to make space for a closet. Solar panels were added to the back of the house in 2015, along with a shed/studio in the back yard that has electricity and insulation. The Creole Cottage is currently on the National Register of Historic Places due to its location, Spanish Town, which has been recognized as an area of Baton Rouge with enough of the original buildings to merit this designation by the National Parks.
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