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A shot-gun house or apartment is long and thin the term originated because you could fire a shotgun in the front door and it would exit the back without hitting any walls in between
When indoor plumbing was added interior walls became a thing.

How they came about is rafts were sent down the river from the north and there was no way to get them back so they were cheap.
So you stood one up on each side and short raft or pieces to form the front and back walls.
Another raft was put on the top to act as a roof.
They were both single units and common walled apartments formed the same way.
A shotgun and a half is is a full raft on the bottom and 2 half rafts(or just short rafts) for an upper floor.
A double shotgun,, 2 shotguns sharing a wall connected with doors.
An over under shotgun house it 2 shotgun houses stacked on top of each other forming a 2 story house.
The stairs between them were often in the back of the building, sometimes outdoors.
Depending on area they were either dirt floor or another raft was used for the floor.
In modern times you see them all over the place on narrow lots.
My brother has a shotgun and a half in the Midwest built in the 60s.
I saw a modern over under shotgun being built a few months ago on a narrow lot.

That's more than you ever wanted to know about shotgun houses. :}

Actually, I find it very interesting. Thank you.