Shotgun houses are an important part of the built environment of some southern African American neighborhoods.
The name may have originated from the Africa's Southern Dahomey Fon area term 'to-gun', which means "place of assembly".
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Butchertown contains several attractions, including the Louisville Extreme Park and Thomas Edison House, a shotgun house near where Thomas Edison lived in 1866 on Washington Street.