What were the houses like in the 1900s?

Answer 1

Farm houses in the early 1800's, in the North East at least, had second stories (sleeping area's) that had much lower ceiling's then the first floor, and all bedroom doors faced the stairs. This was because the heating system, wood stove and or fire places where on the first floor. The heat would rise and to keep the sleeping area's as warm through the night as possible the ceiling were lower to keep the warm air close to the person. Also the Farm houses were built in sections. These sections were built on as the family grew.

The homes had no electricity and using oil lamp's sparingly, due to the cost of oil. Most were made out of wood, some were made using stone and or mud. Most had a small basement, that was used for hanging meat and for storing canning in cool dark area's

Answer 2

The 1900s spans an entire century. Houses, for the most part, were not very different to how they are today, particularly in the latter half of the century. In the early part of the century, they were smaller, but they used the same building materials and a variety of styles, depending on the country.

Answer 3

what did houses look like in 1912?

It was a really huge house with a big kitchen, bedrooms upstairs, and in the in the kitchen there's a basement . 2 bathrooms, an attic and a long stairway , the hall is very long passage to the front door.

Answer 4

Not hard yet! The hard life for families began in 1914, so usually people had happy families except not as much as we do these days. Usualy u would have a house, car, 3 children and be married at a young age

Answer 5

The people would get mud and plaster it on the wood, then let it dry to make the wall.

Answer 6

Like all other life at that time

Answer 7

No