Great picture dig from the City of Cumberlands Herman and Stacia Miller Collection, shows an early street scene from Henderson Blvd. I think it also shows the dividing line in working class housing in the city between the 19th century and the 20 century. Prior to 1910 or so, the vast majority of the homes in the city were attached, either end-to-end single gable Federal style as in this pic, or side-by-side shed roof town homes, as shown in the second picture. These houses are often between 800 and 1000 sq ft as originally built and sometime expanded with attached frame appendages as lot size allowed. It isnt until 1910-1920 that the first free standing suburban work force housing starts springing up in places like the Dingle in West Side (the Kelly houses) and Hill Top Drive in South End (the railroad houses). Foursquare and bungalow homes eventually replace the shed roof town house everywhere in town toward the end of this era. Many of these homes were between 1200 and 1800 sq ft. The third pic is a Cumberland foursquare. The first quarter of the 20th century also saw the first appearance of business class housing inside the city. This is a little harder to pin down, but it would be a very interesting exercise. There are definitely some of these in Campobello on Schley and Mountain View, maybe also on Montgomery and Louisiana in South End They are smaller at 2000 - 2400 sq ft than the upper class homes at 4000 sq ft + on Washington and Decatur, are not designed with full accommodations for household staff but incorporate larger lots and planned setbacks, as shown in the last pic.
Posted on: Fri, 12 Sep 2014 09:37:47 +0000
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