Eau Claire: One- and 
Two-or-More Chimney Houses

 Multiple chimneys were used when houses were heated with iron stoves which were connected to masonry flues.  This is the pattern of late 19th century houses.  In the 1930s expensive houses sometimes had separate chimneys for trash burning in the basement! During the energy crisis of the 1970s additional chimneys -- usually on the outside -- were added for wood stoves.

Created by Chad Enloe & Kent Marcelle--July 1, 1996; Declan Green, Samantha Murray, Dave Whyte on 8 June 1997.