Name/Title
Last Home of Sleepy John EstesEntry/Object ID
1998.1.1Description
This is the last home of 'Sleepy' John Estes that he lived in before he passed away in 1977. The style of house is called a shotgun house because you could fire a shotgun through it from the front door to the back door without hitting a wall. The whole house contains only two rooms. It had electricity but no indoor plumbing. While the objects, household objects and furniture were not originally owned by Estes, they date between the early to mid-20th century and provide an accurate reconstruction of what it once looked like.