Fun Fact Fridays #2 - Summer Lovin' 🌞

Backus-Page House (Today)
Outline of Summer Kitchen

      Did you know that most houses in the 19th century had an attachment called the summer kitchen? These were used as another space to cook food in. In the summer months it can get scorching hot and air conditioning was, of course, not invented yet. To keep the house a little cooler people would cook their food in the summer kitchen. Today, when we want to keep the house cooler, we cook our food outside on the barbecue. This is a very similar concept.

      The summer kitchen at the Backus-Page House, we believe, was made out of wood. Unfortunately the summer kitchen is not still standing, but we can assume it was wood based on an old picture we have. It was unusual to make your summer kitchen out of wood because wood is easier to catch on fire, but it is less expensive than building it out of another material.

To see where the summer kitchen used to be visit at at:
29424 Lakeview Line, Wallacetown, ON
(519) 762-3072

Backus-Page House
Bottom Left Side of House - Summer Kitchen is Visible