05-02-2019, 10:22 PM
(05-02-2019, 09:23 PM)panamaniac Wrote:(05-02-2019, 09:05 PM)tomh009 Wrote: 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.
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.
How much later ones are you referring to? 1920s was definitely not the same as 1870s. Factory work in the 1800s definitely did not pay well. This is before unions, and a labourer might have been paid only something like five cents an hour (say $4 per week, given the long hours) and a small apartment with two bedrooms might cost $5/month. These ones are much bigger than that ...
My expectation is that this house might have been originally occupied by skilled craftsmen, trades or white-collar professionals (such as bookkeepers or managers).