If a house in town the 1910's or 20's had only an outhouse, does thatmean that it did't have running water inside the house?Specifically, I mean Indianapolis. About a mile or mile and a halfsouth of the center of town. (Which was or at least became the poorside of town, compared to the north side.) My mother told me that she used an outhouse when she was little, but Iguess I assumed my grandparents still had a sink in the kitchen withcity water, rather than going out to a well, or pumping in thekitchen. What say ye?

No, inside water doesn't necessarily mean no outhouse. At one time, mygrandmother had a pump at the kitchen sink, though I wasn't around then. ;-)

running water but only an outhouse?

Aug 16, 2012 41 Replies

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fred.flintstone 13 years ago

There's nothing wrong with that, unless the weather is bad. The wildlife dont care :)

Actually, I run a farm, and my barn is a distance from the house. It never fails, as soon as I get to the barn, I got to go. I have one of those portable toilets in the barn for emergencies. It's a pain to clean up after, but it sure beats trying to run to the house all bent over and trying to hold it...... Also beats doing it outdoors without anything to sit on, no TP, and worse in lousy weather. This is fairly comfortable and I always keep TP nearby.

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DerbyDad03 13 years ago

There were also 2 outhouses with walls on the site. One near the camping area and another near the build site about a 1/4 mile away.

Have you considered going through the trouble to build an outhouse once, instead of cleaning the portable toilet all the time?

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