05-02-2019, 09:23 PM
(This post was last modified: 05-02-2019, 09:28 PM by panamaniac.)
(05-02-2019, 09:05 PM)tomh009 Wrote:When you compare to the (slightly later) detached houses in the DTK periphery that were home to factory workers, it doesn’t seem like a big stretch.(05-02-2019, 07:09 PM)panamaniac Wrote: The Record piece describes it as a "unique example of a working class home". I can't think of another example in Kitchener of a double bay duplex from the 1870s.
I think "working class" is a bit exaggerated. I find it hard to believe that a factory worker could have afforded (half of) this house in the 1870s.