Please post you're survey results.  I'm sure others would enjoy reading
what the general concensus is.  I would think
though that this myth can be documented and proven (or disproven depending
on your view), or has it already?

Mike Highfield





I need some help tracking down the origin of a historic house docent myth
(or if it isn't a myth I need to know that, too).  I work at The Moody
Mansion in Galveston, TX and we occasionally hear that closets were not
built into old houses because they were taxed.  I sent a survey to quite a
number of museums, but I didn't contact everyone.  I've got wonderful
replies and would like to have more.  Please let me hear any tales you have
to tell.