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<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 18:53, 19 April 2026</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Image:<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">WAMM</del>.jpg|left|thumb|350px|Eastern side of Southern Avenue.]]WORKINGMAN'S ARCHITECTURE. A type of architecture popular among the working class in the United States, workingman's architecture resulted in plain homes that provided shelter but little in decoration. The cheapest style of single house was the "story-and-a-half."  </div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Image:<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">RRRR</ins>.jpg|left|thumb|350px|Eastern side of Southern Avenue.]]WORKINGMAN'S ARCHITECTURE. A type of architecture popular among the working class in the United States, workingman's architecture resulted in plain homes that provided shelter but little in decoration. The cheapest style of single house was the "story-and-a-half."  </div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Image:WMA2.jpg|left|thumb|350px|Southern side of Dodge Street.]]A two-story house with square level ceilings was more expensive. The roof was generally raised with finished rooms made available in the attic.  This style had an advantage for two families. Two front doors were customary. One led directly to the second floor. Under usual building laws, two staircases were required for fire-protection. This gave front and back stairs so the occupant on the first floor had access to one room in the attic, and the second story resident had a separate cellar and heater as well as a room in the attic. Builders and sellers of these houses often suggested that a person might own the whole house and control it paying the operating expenses of the entire house with the rent obtained from the second occupant.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Image:WMA2.jpg|left|thumb|350px|Southern side of Dodge Street.]]A two-story house with square level ceilings was more expensive. The roof was generally raised with finished rooms made available in the attic.  This style had an advantage for two families. Two front doors were customary. One led directly to the second floor. Under usual building laws, two staircases were required for fire-protection. This gave front and back stairs so the occupant on the first floor had access to one room in the attic, and the second story resident had a separate cellar and heater as well as a room in the attic. Builders and sellers of these houses often suggested that a person might own the whole house and control it paying the operating expenses of the entire house with the rent obtained from the second occupant.</div></td></tr> </table>

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<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 18:48, 19 April 2026</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Image:<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">WMA6</del>.jpg|left|thumb|350px|Eastern side of Southern Avenue.]]WORKINGMAN'S ARCHITECTURE. A type of architecture popular among the working class in the United States, workingman's architecture resulted in plain homes that provided shelter but little in decoration. The cheapest style of single house was the "story-and-a-half."  </div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Image:<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">WAMM</ins>.jpg|left|thumb|350px|Eastern side of Southern Avenue.]]WORKINGMAN'S ARCHITECTURE. A type of architecture popular among the working class in the United States, workingman's architecture resulted in plain homes that provided shelter but little in decoration. The cheapest style of single house was the "story-and-a-half."  </div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Image:WMA2.jpg|left|thumb|350px|Southern side of Dodge Street.]]A two-story house with square level ceilings was more expensive. The roof was generally raised with finished rooms made available in the attic.  This style had an advantage for two families. Two front doors were customary. One led directly to the second floor. Under usual building laws, two staircases were required for fire-protection. This gave front and back stairs so the occupant on the first floor had access to one room in the attic, and the second story resident had a separate cellar and heater as well as a room in the attic. Builders and sellers of these houses often suggested that a person might own the whole house and control it paying the operating expenses of the entire house with the rent obtained from the second occupant.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Image:WMA2.jpg|left|thumb|350px|Southern side of Dodge Street.]]A two-story house with square level ceilings was more expensive. The roof was generally raised with finished rooms made available in the attic.  This style had an advantage for two families. Two front doors were customary. One led directly to the second floor. Under usual building laws, two staircases were required for fire-protection. This gave front and back stairs so the occupant on the first floor had access to one room in the attic, and the second story resident had a separate cellar and heater as well as a room in the attic. Builders and sellers of these houses often suggested that a person might own the whole house and control it paying the operating expenses of the entire house with the rent obtained from the second occupant.</div></td></tr> </table>

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<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 18:47, 19 April 2026</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Image:<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">WMAM6</del>.jpg|left|thumb|350px|Eastern side of Southern Avenue.]]WORKINGMAN'S ARCHITECTURE. A type of architecture popular among the working class in the United States, workingman's architecture resulted in plain homes that provided shelter but little in decoration. The cheapest style of single house was the "story-and-a-half."  </div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Image:<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">WMA6</ins>.jpg|left|thumb|350px|Eastern side of Southern Avenue.]]WORKINGMAN'S ARCHITECTURE. A type of architecture popular among the working class in the United States, workingman's architecture resulted in plain homes that provided shelter but little in decoration. The cheapest style of single house was the "story-and-a-half."  </div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Image:WMA2.jpg|left|thumb|350px|Southern side of Dodge Street.]]A two-story house with square level ceilings was more expensive. The roof was generally raised with finished rooms made available in the attic.  This style had an advantage for two families. Two front doors were customary. One led directly to the second floor. Under usual building laws, two staircases were required for fire-protection. This gave front and back stairs so the occupant on the first floor had access to one room in the attic, and the second story resident had a separate cellar and heater as well as a room in the attic. Builders and sellers of these houses often suggested that a person might own the whole house and control it paying the operating expenses of the entire house with the rent obtained from the second occupant.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Image:WMA2.jpg|left|thumb|350px|Southern side of Dodge Street.]]A two-story house with square level ceilings was more expensive. The roof was generally raised with finished rooms made available in the attic.  This style had an advantage for two families. Two front doors were customary. One led directly to the second floor. Under usual building laws, two staircases were required for fire-protection. This gave front and back stairs so the occupant on the first floor had access to one room in the attic, and the second story resident had a separate cellar and heater as well as a room in the attic. Builders and sellers of these houses often suggested that a person might own the whole house and control it paying the operating expenses of the entire house with the rent obtained from the second occupant.</div></td></tr> </table>

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<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 18:45, 19 April 2026</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Image:<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">WMAM</del>.jpg|left|thumb|350px|Eastern side of Southern Avenue.]]WORKINGMAN'S ARCHITECTURE. A type of architecture popular among the working class in the United States, workingman's architecture resulted in plain homes that provided shelter but little in decoration. The cheapest style of single house was the "story-and-a-half."  </div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Image:<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">WMAM6</ins>.jpg|left|thumb|350px|Eastern side of Southern Avenue.]]WORKINGMAN'S ARCHITECTURE. A type of architecture popular among the working class in the United States, workingman's architecture resulted in plain homes that provided shelter but little in decoration. The cheapest style of single house was the "story-and-a-half."  </div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Image:WMA2.jpg|left|thumb|350px|Southern side of Dodge Street.]]A two-story house with square level ceilings was more expensive. The roof was generally raised with finished rooms made available in the attic.  This style had an advantage for two families. Two front doors were customary. One led directly to the second floor. Under usual building laws, two staircases were required for fire-protection. This gave front and back stairs so the occupant on the first floor had access to one room in the attic, and the second story resident had a separate cellar and heater as well as a room in the attic. Builders and sellers of these houses often suggested that a person might own the whole house and control it paying the operating expenses of the entire house with the rent obtained from the second occupant.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Image:WMA2.jpg|left|thumb|350px|Southern side of Dodge Street.]]A two-story house with square level ceilings was more expensive. The roof was generally raised with finished rooms made available in the attic.  This style had an advantage for two families. Two front doors were customary. One led directly to the second floor. Under usual building laws, two staircases were required for fire-protection. This gave front and back stairs so the occupant on the first floor had access to one room in the attic, and the second story resident had a separate cellar and heater as well as a room in the attic. Builders and sellers of these houses often suggested that a person might own the whole house and control it paying the operating expenses of the entire house with the rent obtained from the second occupant.</div></td></tr> </table>

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<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 18:40, 19 April 2026</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Image:<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">WMA11</del>.jpg|left|thumb|350px|Eastern side of Southern Avenue.]]WORKINGMAN'S ARCHITECTURE. A type of architecture popular among the working class in the United States, workingman's architecture resulted in plain homes that provided shelter but little in decoration. The cheapest style of single house was the "story-and-a-half."  </div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Image:<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">WMAM</ins>.jpg|left|thumb|350px|Eastern side of Southern Avenue.]]WORKINGMAN'S ARCHITECTURE. A type of architecture popular among the working class in the United States, workingman's architecture resulted in plain homes that provided shelter but little in decoration. The cheapest style of single house was the "story-and-a-half."  </div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Image:WMA2.jpg|left|thumb|350px|Southern side of Dodge Street.]]A two-story house with square level ceilings was more expensive. The roof was generally raised with finished rooms made available in the attic.  This style had an advantage for two families. Two front doors were customary. One led directly to the second floor. Under usual building laws, two staircases were required for fire-protection. This gave front and back stairs so the occupant on the first floor had access to one room in the attic, and the second story resident had a separate cellar and heater as well as a room in the attic. Builders and sellers of these houses often suggested that a person might own the whole house and control it paying the operating expenses of the entire house with the rent obtained from the second occupant.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Image:WMA2.jpg|left|thumb|350px|Southern side of Dodge Street.]]A two-story house with square level ceilings was more expensive. The roof was generally raised with finished rooms made available in the attic.  This style had an advantage for two families. Two front doors were customary. One led directly to the second floor. Under usual building laws, two staircases were required for fire-protection. This gave front and back stairs so the occupant on the first floor had access to one room in the attic, and the second story resident had a separate cellar and heater as well as a room in the attic. Builders and sellers of these houses often suggested that a person might own the whole house and control it paying the operating expenses of the entire house with the rent obtained from the second occupant.</div></td></tr> </table>

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<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 18:40, 19 April 2026</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Image:WMA11.jpg|left|thumb|<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">250px</del>|Eastern side of Southern Avenue.]]WORKINGMAN'S ARCHITECTURE. A type of architecture popular among the working class in the United States, workingman's architecture resulted in plain homes that provided shelter but little in decoration. The cheapest style of single house was the "story-and-a-half."  </div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Image:WMA11.jpg|left|thumb|<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">350px</ins>|Eastern side of Southern Avenue.]]WORKINGMAN'S ARCHITECTURE. A type of architecture popular among the working class in the United States, workingman's architecture resulted in plain homes that provided shelter but little in decoration. The cheapest style of single house was the "story-and-a-half."  </div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Image:WMA2.jpg|left|thumb|350px|Southern side of Dodge Street.]]A two-story house with square level ceilings was more expensive. The roof was generally raised with finished rooms made available in the attic.  This style had an advantage for two families. Two front doors were customary. One led directly to the second floor. Under usual building laws, two staircases were required for fire-protection. This gave front and back stairs so the occupant on the first floor had access to one room in the attic, and the second story resident had a separate cellar and heater as well as a room in the attic. Builders and sellers of these houses often suggested that a person might own the whole house and control it paying the operating expenses of the entire house with the rent obtained from the second occupant.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Image:WMA2.jpg|left|thumb|350px|Southern side of Dodge Street.]]A two-story house with square level ceilings was more expensive. The roof was generally raised with finished rooms made available in the attic.  This style had an advantage for two families. Two front doors were customary. One led directly to the second floor. Under usual building laws, two staircases were required for fire-protection. This gave front and back stairs so the occupant on the first floor had access to one room in the attic, and the second story resident had a separate cellar and heater as well as a room in the attic. Builders and sellers of these houses often suggested that a person might own the whole house and control it paying the operating expenses of the entire house with the rent obtained from the second occupant.</div></td></tr> </table>

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<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 18:38, 19 April 2026</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Image:WMA11.jpg|left|thumb|250px|Eastern side of Southern Avenue.]]WORKINGMAN&#039;S ARCHITECTURE. A type of architecture popular among the working class in the United States, workingman&#039;s architecture resulted in plain homes that provided shelter but little in decoration. The cheapest style of single house was the &quot;story-and-a-half.&quot;  </div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Image:WMA11.jpg|left|thumb|250px|Eastern side of Southern Avenue.]]WORKINGMAN&#039;S ARCHITECTURE. A type of architecture popular among the working class in the United States, workingman&#039;s architecture resulted in plain homes that provided shelter but little in decoration. The cheapest style of single house was the &quot;story-and-a-half.&quot;  </div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Image:WMA2.jpg|left|thumb|<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">150px</del>|Southern side of Dodge Street.]]A two-story house with square level ceilings was more expensive. The roof was generally raised with finished rooms made available in the attic.  This style had an advantage for two families. Two front doors were customary. One led directly to the second floor. Under usual building laws, two staircases were required for fire-protection. This gave front and back stairs so the occupant on the first floor had access to one room in the attic, and the second story resident had a separate cellar and heater as well as a room in the attic. Builders and sellers of these houses often suggested that a person might own the whole house and control it paying the operating expenses of the entire house with the rent obtained from the second occupant.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Image:WMA2.jpg|left|thumb|<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">350px</ins>|Southern side of Dodge Street.]]A two-story house with square level ceilings was more expensive. The roof was generally raised with finished rooms made available in the attic.  This style had an advantage for two families. Two front doors were customary. One led directly to the second floor. Under usual building laws, two staircases were required for fire-protection. This gave front and back stairs so the occupant on the first floor had access to one room in the attic, and the second story resident had a separate cellar and heater as well as a room in the attic. Builders and sellers of these houses often suggested that a person might own the whole house and control it paying the operating expenses of the entire house with the rent obtained from the second occupant.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>See: [[KELLY HOUSE]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>See: [[KELLY HOUSE]]</div></td></tr> </table>

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<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 18:35, 19 April 2026</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Image:<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">WMA1</del>.jpg|left|thumb|250px|Eastern side of Southern Avenue.]]WORKINGMAN'S ARCHITECTURE. A type of architecture popular among the working class in the United States, workingman's architecture resulted in plain homes that provided shelter but little in decoration. The cheapest style of single house was the "story-and-a-half."  </div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Image:<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">WMA11</ins>.jpg|left|thumb|250px|Eastern side of Southern Avenue.]]WORKINGMAN'S ARCHITECTURE. A type of architecture popular among the working class in the United States, workingman's architecture resulted in plain homes that provided shelter but little in decoration. The cheapest style of single house was the "story-and-a-half."  </div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Image:WMA2.jpg|left|thumb|150px|Southern side of Dodge Street.]]A two-story house with square level ceilings was more expensive. The roof was generally raised with finished rooms made available in the attic.  This style had an advantage for two families. Two front doors were customary. One led directly to the second floor. Under usual building laws, two staircases were required for fire-protection. This gave front and back stairs so the occupant on the first floor had access to one room in the attic, and the second story resident had a separate cellar and heater as well as a room in the attic. Builders and sellers of these houses often suggested that a person might own the whole house and control it paying the operating expenses of the entire house with the rent obtained from the second occupant.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Image:WMA2.jpg|left|thumb|150px|Southern side of Dodge Street.]]A two-story house with square level ceilings was more expensive. The roof was generally raised with finished rooms made available in the attic.  This style had an advantage for two families. Two front doors were customary. One led directly to the second floor. Under usual building laws, two staircases were required for fire-protection. This gave front and back stairs so the occupant on the first floor had access to one room in the attic, and the second story resident had a separate cellar and heater as well as a room in the attic. Builders and sellers of these houses often suggested that a person might own the whole house and control it paying the operating expenses of the entire house with the rent obtained from the second occupant.</div></td></tr> </table>

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<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 18:32, 19 April 2026</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>WORKINGMAN'S ARCHITECTURE. A type of architecture popular among the working class in the United States, workingman's architecture resulted in plain homes that provided shelter but little in decoration. The cheapest style of single house was the "story-and-a-half."  </div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[Image:WMA1.jpg|left|thumb|250px|Eastern side of Southern Avenue.]]</ins>WORKINGMAN'S ARCHITECTURE. A type of architecture popular among the working class in the United States, workingman's architecture resulted in plain homes that provided shelter but little in decoration. The cheapest style of single house was the "story-and-a-half."  </div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>A two-story house with square level ceilings was more expensive. The roof was generally raised with finished rooms made available in the attic.  This style had an advantage for two families. Two front doors were customary. One led directly to the second floor. Under usual building laws, two staircases were required for fire-protection. This gave front and back stairs so the occupant on the first floor had access to one room in the attic, and the second story resident had a separate cellar and heater as well as a room in the attic. Builders and sellers of these houses often suggested that a person might own the whole house and control it paying the operating expenses of the entire house with the rent obtained from the second occupant.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[Image:WMA2.jpg|left|thumb|150px|Southern side of Dodge Street.]]</ins>A two-story house with square level ceilings was more expensive. The roof was generally raised with finished rooms made available in the attic.  This style had an advantage for two families. Two front doors were customary. One led directly to the second floor. Under usual building laws, two staircases were required for fire-protection. This gave front and back stairs so the occupant on the first floor had access to one room in the attic, and the second story resident had a separate cellar and heater as well as a room in the attic. Builders and sellers of these houses often suggested that a person might own the whole house and control it paying the operating expenses of the entire house with the rent obtained from the second occupant.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>See: [[KELLY HOUSE]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>See: [[KELLY HOUSE]]</div></td></tr> </table>

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<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 02:03, 9 March 2025</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l2">Line 2:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 2:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>A two-story house with square level ceilings was more expensive. The roof was generally raised with finished rooms made available in the attic.  This style had an advantage for two families. Two front doors were customary. One led directly to the second floor. Under usual building laws, two staircases were required for fire-protection. This gave front and back stairs so the occupant on the first floor had access to one room in the attic, and the second story resident had a separate cellar and heater as well as a room in the attic. Builders and sellers of these houses often suggested that a person might own the whole house and control it paying the operating expenses of the entire house with the rent obtained from the second occupant.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>A two-story house with square level ceilings was more expensive. The roof was generally raised with finished rooms made available in the attic.  This style had an advantage for two families. Two front doors were customary. One led directly to the second floor. Under usual building laws, two staircases were required for fire-protection. This gave front and back stairs so the occupant on the first floor had access to one room in the attic, and the second story resident had a separate cellar and heater as well as a room in the attic. Builders and sellers of these houses often suggested that a person might own the whole house and control it paying the operating expenses of the entire house with the rent obtained from the second occupant.</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">See: [[KELLY HOUSE]]</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Source:  </div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Source:  </div></td></tr> </table>

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