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Isaac Kremer/ January 14, 2018/ / 0 comments

Part of a house or building lying behind, usually subsidiary to the front or main part, or forming an appendage. In Anglo-Saxon usage, “gonge,” in ancient castle or monastery usage “necessarium” or “reredorter,” and in United States usage “outhouse” or “privy” when separate from the main building. Shelters the primitive and unsanitary prototype of the water closet or toilet. (Kremer, 2021) Photo from Millbrook Village Historic Site, Millbrook, New Jersey, 2021.

Photo from The Hermitage, Hermitage, Tennessee, 2012.

Photo from Colonial Williamsburg, Williamsburg, Virginia, 2025.

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IsaacKremer.com is the personal website of Isaac Kremer, MSARP, a nationally recognized leader in the Main Street Approach to commercial district revitalization with over 25 years of experience. Kremer, New Jersey's first certified Main Street America Revitalization Professional (MSARP), has served as founding executive director for organizations like Experience Princeton and the Metuchen Downtown Alliance, which won a Great American Main Street Award under his leadership. He recently became director of the Royal Oak Downtown Development Authority in Michigan.

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