When I bought the house they said it was built around 1900.
When I started doing census research I found the house occupied in 1880.
I was pissed.
I discovered that there was a house on my lot in 1874 for the tax assessment.
Even. More. Pissed.
Why pissed? The house mind you is not of the lovely This Old House variety with historical details and any sort of quaintness, except for it being small. The things that reflect its age is the crumbly as sand quality of the bricks and the crazy uneven floors. Also it has been rental housing for most of it’s existence. Rental housing for over 100 years. I am so not happy. I get all the crap an old house brings and none of the charm.