In a message dated 7/15/2004 12:00:01 AM Eastern Daylight Time, [log in to unmask] writes: My question is, when in the South did most kitchens >become integral parts of large houses/households, rather than detached >buildings? The possibility for fire prevention certainly must have >played a role, as did the availability or lack thereof of >slaves/servants, among other factors. > Perhaps the heat of cooking was a consideration as well. I have been in a large two-story log house just north of Bosier City, LA that had a separate kitchen building. It also had a separate "Delco building" for the chemical generation of electricity so believe that it was all built well after WW I, probably in the 20s, by a well-fixed man who had plenty of land, logs and hands to build with and wanted a comfortable pied-a-terre. John To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html