Old enough for a privy?

[itzyoboyandrew]

Quick question, my house was built in 1900 exactly.. would it be old enough for a privy in south georgia?

 

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[CincinnatiKid]

Sure. Why not?
Peace ✌

 

[Argentium]

Yup , lots of rural homes didn't have interior plumbing until the 1940's - especially if they were in the "deep holler"

 

[Limitool]

Oh yea.... it had one, two, three...... more! Get the point. Was this home in the country, suburbs or city at the time... any idea?

 

[itzyoboyandrew]

we live right behind the city hall, so i guess you could say were in the "city" LOL

 

[hvacker]

I read the book! Ten Steps To The Outhouse by Willie Makeit

 

[Limitool]

we live right behind the city hall, so i guess you could say were in the "city" LOL

Ok.... good info. Now dig within city hall or wherever and find out when your city install the earliest sewer system. But I'd bet your home has privy's.

 

[Charlie P. (NY)]

About 25 years ago my wife and I went to look at a home for sale that had an out-house. Talk about remote! And this was in Tioga County, New York. Hardly the frontier. It wasn't even a deep pit - just a lime tray (which apparently was OK with the zoning). Ugh! Pretty much a hunting cabin they were marketing as a "rural three bedroom with 25 acres."

Just depends where and what the local ordinances are. Have any Amish folks nearby?

 

[MT_Joe]

We still use ours every day.

 

[pepperj]

Still COMMON in the 1960's in the rural areas
Start probing the dirt to see if there's a bottle two hiding.

 

[itzyoboyandrew]

Well i found it... unfortunately.. its under a big tree -.- have foudn several bottles... all broke on the way out (its hard digging underneath a 50 yo tree)