This house is named after its
owners the Dufords, who occupied it from 1825 when it was built until 1977 when it was
moved from its location on St. Joseph Boulevard near Place DOrleans to the
Cumberland Museum. Can you believe that this house was once home to a family with two
parents, a grandmother and fourteen children? There was no electricity, they
used an outhouse in the back, had to pump their water to the kitchen and they had to cook
on a woodstove. This stove kept them warm in the winter but would have made them swelter
in the summer (of course, there was no air conditioning in 1825).
The house was one and a half
stories tall. It was designed this way to reduce taxes as housing taxes were higher for
two storey buildings. So now that you have some background information on the Duford
house, Let's take a look inside. The Duford house contains a dining room, living
room, kitchen, parent's bedroom and children's bedroom, as well as a shed out back. Just like today, families in the
1930s had duties, take a look. Think you could survive during the depression? |