Porters Row Houses

These row houses were built in the 1830s and used by various workers and their familes. Each one is furnished to represent a different time period in which they were lived.

In the 1830s there was no running water, electricity, or gas, yet it was considered a comfortable working class home of that time.

In the early 1900s home, there was gas lighting and running cold water. A flush toilet is in the back yard! The parlor was only used for special occasions.Read more