Louis Lemon's Bathroom
Outhouses were still common when this carriage house was built, but McFaddin domestic employees had indoor plumbing. Louis Lemon, loyal cook, resided in the carriage house until his death in 1952.
Outhouses were still common when this carriage house was built, but McFaddin domestic employees had indoor plumbing. Louis Lemon, loyal cook, resided in the carriage house until his death in 1952.
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Louis Lemon's BathroomOuthouses were still common when this carriage house was built, but McFaddin domestic employees had indoor plumbing. Louis Lemon, loyal cook, resided in the carriage house until his death in 1952.
Outhouses were still common when this carriage house was built, but McFaddin domestic employees had indoor plumbing. Having modern, above-average housing for their employees added to the McFaddins' social standing and was also attractive to prospective employees.
"As to a bathroom, it is most essential that proper facilities in this particular should be assured the domestics of any well-ordered household... Nothing is more objectionable in a house than slatternly, sloven, unkempt servants, and nothing reflects so unfavorably upon the character of a mistress." - Barbara Caye, "Our Servants' Quarters," American Homes and Gardens, March 1914
The yardman, Percy Andrews, was living in the carriage house in 1939 when Mamie Ward wrote in her diary: "Plumber here fixing Percy's bathtub and floor."
Outhouses were still common when this carriage house was built, but McFaddin domestic employees had indoor plumbing. Having modern, above-average housing for their employees added to the McFaddins' social standing and was also attractive to prospective employees.
"As to a bathroom, it is most essential that proper facilities in this particular should be assured the domestics of any well-ordered household... Nothing is more objectionable in a house than slatternly, sloven, unkempt servants, and nothing reflects so unfavorably upon the character of a mistress." - Barbara Caye, "Our Servants' Quarters," American Homes and Gardens, March 1914
The yardman, Percy Andrews, was living in the carriage house in 1939 when Mamie Ward wrote in her diary: "Plumber here fixing Percy's bathtub and floor."