A Unique Blend of History and Modern Design
Dorothy Ball has deep roots in New Orleans, with family living in the city for five generations and a career with the Historic New Orleans Collection, where she works on art books related to the collection and Gulf South culture. It was fitting, then, that when she and husband Adam Campagna, who runs a charter school in the French Quarter, were house-hunting for their young family, a 1910 Craftsman designed by prominent New Orleans architects Favrot & Livaudais won out.
Dark and Atmospheric Interiors
But the historic house isn't a total archetype of local French-inspired architecture—instead, the interiors include deeply hued cypress paneling and atmospheric, original art glass. "So many New Orleans houses of all sizes, small and big, are designed for a time before air conditioning, so they have super high ceilings and lots of windows and they're very, very bright. That's the kind of house that I grew up in, and I've always loved them," shares Ball. "But this was so different because of the darkness and the wood."
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