Mrs. Culp Revisited: August 2, 1937

She shops for a linoleum rug

Mrs. Culp was focused on the Edison Street house today, visiting twice. “I was very disappointed about the low ceilings in the kitchen, breakfast room, and bathroom,” she wrote. How high were they? Eight feet-three inches! The standard ceilings in homes for most of the twentieth century were eight feet tall. It is only since the late 1970s that nine fee…