19th Century Outhouse, c.1890

19th Century Outhouse, c.1890 (HM2D1Q)

Location: Opelousas, LA 70570 St. Landry Parish
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Country: United States of America
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N 30° 31.908', W 92° 4.461'

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Originally located in the community of Prairie Rhonde,
next to the Emar Andrepont home, this 19th century
cabinette was donated by the family of Dewey Ledoux
and moved to the village in 1992.
While outhouses typically featured two seats, one for adults
and one for children, this outhouse features an uncommon
three seat design. Often times, crescent moon and star cutouts were
used on the door of outhouses which goes back to
Colonial times. In a time when few people could read, the crescent moon
was the symbol for women while the star cutout was for men. The cutout
also let light into the outhouse as there were usually no windows.
For rural families, newspaper or pages from old catalogs were used
for toilet paper.
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HM NumberHM2D1Q
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Date Added Wednesday, December 26th, 2018 at 7:01am PST -08:00
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Locationbig map
UTM (WGS84 Datum)15R E 588798 N 3378079
Decimal Degrees30.53180000, -92.07435000
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 30° 31.908', W 92° 4.461'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds30° 31' 54.48" N, 92° 4' 27.66" W
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Area Code(s)337
Which side of the road?Marker is on the right when traveling East
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 828 E Landry St, Opelousas LA 70570, US
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