Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 13, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 November 1894 — Houses in Canion. [ARTICLE]

Houses in Canion.

November Century! The buildings on each side of Iht street rarely exceeded twenty feet in height. They were one-storiec structures as a rule. Sometimes there was a distinct upper story, but there the ground floor had bul a low headway. Frequently balcon ies ran round inside the open stall? which served as shops, and a hall upper floor or loft stretched behind, in fact, when the shops were open, the whole front of the house was taken away. Generally, from the eaves of the buildings light bamboo structures were carried across the streets, and hung with grass matting. Sometimes, however, they were more elaborately covered with a substitute for glazing.