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On May 24, 1964, the New Orleans papers carried a story and
photo. layout on Shaw, calling him a "one man French Quarter Restor-
ation Sociery. il the article said he had an enthusiasm for Veaux Carre
living " He has restored 13 seperate homes in the Quarter since 1950.
It began in 1950 when he bought a six room house at 537 Barracks St.
and for $9,500. He spent $1,500 improving, it and sold it for $15,000.
On a later resale, the house brought $30,000. Shaw presently lived in
a. two story white brick remodeled carraige house at 1313 Dauphine St.
in the French Quarter. The sides and rear of the house are completely
blocked) from view from the street because adjoining buildings present
an unbroken facade along the street. The whiteness of the masonry house
is broken only by a red door with a gleaming brass knocker. On the
geven are the letters HXZX "1313". Shaw has lived in the house for t
X8 years. Except for a small kitchen, the entire downstairs is a single
large room. French doors lead from the living room to an enclosed patio
where a. small fountain bubbles. The living room has a beamed ceiling
and a wall of brick, both painted white. There is a large, built-in
bookcase and decorator bronze grill doors. And angular staircase leads
from a corner of the room to the second floor. Two walls of the room
are covered with pale green silk, echoing the color and fabric of the
draperies. Oriental rugs are casually scattered over the gleaming cork
floors. Furniture is in the French, Kax Louis XIV style. there are
several gold leaf mirrors and a painting of a flying Icarus on the wall
The rug on the stairway and seat cushions are in deep red. It was from
this house that District Attorney Garrison's men removed the whip
chains, black hood and cape etc.
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