Hello to all,

Can anyone tell me why this 1923 Kilbourne had the dormer window upstairs? It is not accessible from the inside of the house, (although we did cut a hole in the wall just to see what was back there, which was nothing).

This house has been passed down through the generations, starting with the original owner, my husband's great-grandfather, John R. Smith, who also owned the Raleigh Dairy Co., to my mother-in-law, who is the current owner.

Ironically, she was the 1934 Sears Prize Baby and she still lives in a Sears Home. How cool is that?


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The old houses I've seen with unfinished attics were used for storage. Is it possible that at sometime there was some kind of attic access that was sealed over? Drop down ladders and hatches were not uncommon.

In unfinished attics, the dormers were simply a way to get light into an otherwise dark space. If portions were finished, it allowed for a bit of extra headroom.

R.