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Subject:	Colonial house taxes
From:	David Kiracofe <[log in to unmask]>
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Date:	Tue, 14 Oct 2008 16:33:41 -0400
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A student comment in class prompts a question:

Were colonial houses taxed on square footage?  My student stated that she knew someone whose 18th century-era house -- I'm assuming this is a standard "Virginia House" -- was supposedly taxed only on the basis of the one ground floor.  The attic rooms, she said, because of their sloping ceilings were not taxed, nor was a half basement.  Frankly, it sounded to me like a myth -- like the "window taxes" that supposedly led colonial people to have only tiny windows in their homes.|

Any help is gratefully appreciated!

David Kiracofe


David Kiracofe
History
Tidewater Community College
Chesapeake Campus
1428 Cedar Road
Chesapeake, Virginia 23322
757-822-5136

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