NO they were never called that.
English Troops Boarding Transport - 1900 was released on: USA: April 1900
The answer will depend on where in the world the houses were.
You might be thinking of Montgomery Wards.
Oh yes. humans have been building houses for thousands of years.
A house that costs $200 000 today was around $25 000 in the 1900's!
Houses were typically made out of slabs of sod (peices of soil, grass roots). Only the rich people had houses that were made out of wood.
220 acres 220 houses
Boarding School Girls' Pajama Parade - 1900 was released on: USA: October 1900
they lived in straw houses but that blew over. they lived in stick houses but that knocked over. they then lived in brick houses but that blew UP. :( they then lived in the streets but died of the bubonic plague.
Houses were old, not built secure, no heat, no electricity, no garages to put cars in, lets just say not as great as the houses we have now in 2009.
It changes throughout the years, in 1750-1800 it was about 20,000. Then in 1801-1850 iIslas 28,000. Then in 1851 on wards (apart from now) it was 87,000.
In 1900 the country colloquially called Britain (or, infuriatingly, England by many Americans) was called: The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.