Across the Threshold: Traditions and Transformations in Early Twentieth Century American Domestic Halls 1901-1910
Open AccessAs the twentieth century opened, American residential interiors anticipated transformative change. Instead of "small, box-like rooms, each devoted to a special purpose," now made obsolete by effective central heating systems, homeowners sought "space, simplicity"-- a new aesthetic for the new century. At the center of that aesthetic, the domestic hall, a narrow passage with steep staircase in vernacular middle class houses, would be transformed.The halls of architect-designed model houses offered by Harper's Bazar, The Ladies' Home Journal and The Craftsman magazine during 1901-1910 combined contemporary taste, continuing tradition and historical allusions. Five distinct forms: the outmoded passage hall, stair hall, entrance hall, reception hall and suite, and the living hall of smaller, affordable middle class houses are defined and analyzed. In every instance, the choice of hall type for an early twentieth century home carried echoes of the past and implications for the future.
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