bullet French Quarter Manual: An Architectural Guide to New Orleans' Vieux Carre
This is a great source for information about New Orleans house types and styles and is filled with historic photographs of French Quarter buildings and details. Many of these types and styles of houses were built in other historic sections of the city including Bywater. The author was a Bywater resident and a professor of Architecture at Tulane

 

bullet New Orleans Architecture: The Lower Garden District, Vol.1
bullet New Orleans Architecture: The American Sector, Vol. 2
bullet New Orleans Architecture: The Cemeteries, Vol. 3
bullet New Orleans Architecture: The Creole Faubourgs, Vol. 4
Bywater, a Creole Faubourg, is included in this book
bullet New Orleans Architecture:The American Sector, Vol II
This series of books published by The Friends of the Cabildo, Inc. is filled with New Orleans history, house types and styles, maps, and an architectural inventory of each neighborhood. One of these books is a "must purchase" for anyone looking to move into a historic home in one of the covered neighborhoods.

 

bullet New Orleans: Elegance & Decadence
Many Bywater homes are featured in this wonderful book of photographs of New Orleans streets, buildings, homes, interiors and gardens.

 

bullet New Orleans Houses: A House-Watchers Guide
bullet Young Person's Guide to New Orleans Houses
bullet Classic New Orleans
bullet Majesty of New Orleans
bullet Majesty of the French Quarter
bullet Majesty of the Garden District
bullet Southern Comfort : The Garden District of New Orleans



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The French Quarter Manual
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by Malcolm Heard. Covers New Orleans house types, styles, and architectural components.










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New Orleans Elegance and Decadence
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by Richard Sexton & Randolph Delehanty. A handsome book of photos and text showing interesting exteriors and interiors of New Orleans buildings and homes.







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