The Creole cottage on Henriette Delille Street in Treme looks like it’s been there for as long as the neighborhood has been around.

Ask Adolph and Naydja Bynum how old it is, though, and the answer will surprise you: just 25 years.

“I’ve had a lot of architects tell me ‘That’s a nice renovation,’” Adolph Bynum Sr. said with a smile.

While the home was built from the ground up a quarter-century ago, he has spent nearly twice as long as that restoring homes in Treme that are significantly older.

Since the late 1970s, he’s redone about 16 properties. Some he’s kept and rented. Others he’s sold. Another — a camelback double on Marais and Barracks streets — is being worked on right now.

“We call each of our houses our child,” he said, referring to the love he and Naydja Bynum have for the

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