This "his and hers" outhouse, dated 1886, associated with a Myerstown, Lebanon County, home is a cut or two above those available to thousands of York countians before the day of indoor plumbing. Still the nearby house had running water. A cistern on the third floor caught rain to provide tap water within the house. This photo appeared in the York Daily Record/Sunday News' "Spaces" magazine. Background posts: One-room school reunions preserve educational culture of thousands of York countians, What's a privy? a woman asked. 'It's an outhouse,' came the answer., Imagine: 70-foot boat navigated York County's Codorus Creek and Wheatland Mansion tour: 'We don't know if President Buchanan used the tub.'
From the audience's point of view, the highlight of my recent presentation on one-room schools was not the one-room schools.
Their focus fell on one-room buildings of a different type.
Outhouses... .
Continue reading The Outhouse Rules - York County, circa 1935.
