Hi, all --

A friend who is researching the home life of 19th and early 20th century
single working women has come across a term for a space in a tenement
apartment or boarding house called a "hall room".  It seems as though these
rooms had access to "outer air" via a doorway to the public hallway or
perhaps a window, although it's not clear in what she has been able to find.

Any insights would be appreciated, as would a floor plan showing a "hall
room".  Is the likely scenario that a single working woman might have
rented such a space from the tenant of an apartment or would she have
rented it directly from the building's landlord?

Thanks very much in advance for information and/or leads to people who can
help sort out the use and terminology of such a space.

Best,

Anne

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