Dear Barb and Listers, I am more fortunate than you in some respects. My great-grandparents and grandparents had homes that are still standing in and around the Highlands. I lived in three houses that still stand in that area (Speed, Bonnycastle & Bassett). I was able to visit the off ice at St Brigid church and get some information from one of the priests, too. I seem to recall that the two-story houses where I lived on Bassett Avenue off Longest in the 1940's, originally had outhouses. The little sheds were gone, but there were sunken spots and spots of "johnny weed" growing in appropriate places. I suspect they were built in the 1870-1880 era. Now I live near L. A. One day, about 1970, I flew into Louisville for some long forgotten reason. I went to see my grandparent's home on Brownsboro road near St. Matthews. The current owners had sold the house and it was left open for anyone to wander through the big old place. I had not been in it since 1942. I missed the house by two days. When I got to the site, it was a hole in the ground. I think it is now a gas station. Tom

Many, not all perhaps, but many of those 'little shed's served another purpose. At our home on Bates Court for example, and at two of the Family Homes on Central Park, the 'little shed' had a toilet for the 'Help', if you will. This at about the time when all the homes had little 'doors' for the Ice, and many homes still had 'Carriage Houses' or 'Car Barns' with servants quarters attached or in the 'loft'. Tyler Park stands out, as does Valley Road, too ..... Eric '5th Generation Louisvillian' Postscript: Anyone recall the Bonnycastle Club? [ My Pediatrician, Dr. Peggy Limper had her office nearby so for years I recall the little sign on an otherwise non-descript door ]. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Thomas Fiske" <evitom@altrionet.com> To: <KYJEFFER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, July 16, 2002 8:51 AM Subject: [KYJEFFER] Outhouses and stuff > I seem to recall that the two-story houses where I lived on Bassett Avenue > off Longest in the 1940's, originally had outhouses. The little sheds were > gone, but there were sunken spots and spots of "johnny weed" growing in > appropriate places. I suspect they were built in the 1870-1880 era.