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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