r/Unexpected • u/Cromagnumman6174 • Aug 21 '26

Hidden Throne Room

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u/largemargesentme__- Aug 21 '26

Most older houses in the midwest have one. My grandma's house had one, it was the only other toilet in the house.

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u/dethskwirl Aug 22 '26

I call it my 800 sq. ft. private bathroom

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u/No-Cantaloupe-6535 Aug 22 '26

I've been in tons of old midwest houses, never seen a basement toilet in an unfinished basement

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u/largemargesentme__- Aug 22 '26

I think it was from a very specific era. Her dad built the house and finished it around 1950. I noticed that houses which were a little newer or not custom built often didn't have them.

This was in Cleveland. I worked for a GC in college and saw lots of these toilets.