A Two-Story Outhouse?

“With no running water in the early days, toilets as we know them did not exist. Chamber pots were used and periodically emptied. The Old Planters Hotel was located on part of the parking lot currently behind the Becky Thatcher House.”

“To cut down on the labor emptying chamber pots in every room, and to cut down on the smell in the rooms, a two-story outhouse was constructed next to the hotel in what is now the backyard of the Becky Thatcher House. Not something you hear every day!”