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We've discussed this before but every time I see these plans I'm still amazed that each has only one bathroom to accommodate so many people. I remember someone pointed out that they call the bedrooms chambers and that they more than likely had chamber pots and wash stands for those activities.
No. 136 looks just like the one my grand uncle had.
For Milleson, in Frech a «bedroom» is a «chambre» which did maybe giving a fancier way to name it like now in English you like to use French words to make it look more high class.
For the bathroom, my grand father raised 9 children and did keep my grand mom brother and the old granny in the same house with only one small bathroom.
When in 1955 the parish priest had to rebuild a new church and the priest house, he wanted the each priests could have their own bathroom. My grand father who was a mayor and part of the church executuive told him, no way. He told the priest, I raised a 9 kids family with only one bathroom so we will not pay for such a luxury for you.
This is part of the St Joseph parish history. Today, since 1999, the chuch was demolished and the priest house is a private house now.
I love looking at these old floor plans. As I've observed before, kitchens were very small by modern standards (perhaps because the kitchen was used by the "help"), but the dining room had to be big, almost always bigger than the kitchen. In Design 136, the kitchen is smaller than the hallway, and in Design 131, the dining room is the largest room in the house.
I adore seeing these floor plans. I had no idea so many homes were cookies from a cookie cutter.
ReplyDeleteThat first one is pretty fancy - a back staircase for the "help."
ReplyDeleteWe've discussed this before but every time I see these plans I'm still amazed that each has only one bathroom to accommodate so many people. I remember someone pointed out that they call the bedrooms chambers and that they more than likely had chamber pots and wash stands for those activities.
ReplyDeleteNo. 136 looks just like the one my grand uncle had.
ReplyDeleteFor Milleson, in Frech a «bedroom» is a «chambre» which did maybe giving a fancier way to name it like now in English you like to use French words to make it look more high class.
For the bathroom, my grand father raised 9 children and did keep my grand mom brother and the old granny in the same house with only one small bathroom.
When in 1955 the parish priest had to rebuild a new church and the priest house, he wanted the each priests could have their own bathroom. My grand father who was a mayor and part of the church executuive told him, no way.
He told the priest, I raised a 9 kids family with only one bathroom so we will not pay for such a luxury for you.
This is part of the St Joseph parish history.
Today, since 1999, the chuch was demolished and the priest house is a private house now.
I love looking at these old floor plans. As I've observed before, kitchens were very small by modern standards (perhaps because the kitchen was used by the "help"), but the dining room had to be big, almost always bigger than the kitchen. In Design 136, the kitchen is smaller than the hallway, and in Design 131, the dining room is the largest room in the house.
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