805 Onslow Street

805 Onslow Street (originally Third Street) prior to the mid-30s was Pascall's Bakery. When the bakery closed the house was rented by Hattie McBride Werner who ran a boarding/rooming house there until the late 40s. There was a long center hall with the one black telephone. At the end was a storage room hidden by a curtain. On the right front was the living room with fireplace, and behind that a bedroom. On the left side of the house was the dining room with its own entrance off the porch. The dining room had a large table and chairs, pedal sewing machine, Warm Morning heater and an electric stove used only for boiling water. The kitchen had a wood stove where all the meals were cooked, a wood box, Hoosier cabinet and small refrigerator. At the rear was a closed in porch containing the wringer washer and tubs. Upstairs were four bedrooms, each with its own coal-burning stove and one bath for all the occupants. "Miss Hattie" or "Granny" had a variety of roomers over the years: telephone operators, nurses, grocery store worker, plumber, tobacco worker, seamstress and one small George Watts Elementary student. These became family and that continues to this day.