16. Still standing in 2015, Boston, Massachusetts, features two houses built in 1874 as a result of a family squabble over shared inherited property. What is the much smaller of the two homes called?
From Quiz Spite Houses
Answer:
The Skinny House
Two brothers who lived at the North End in Boston during the latter part of the 1800s inherited a generous but shared parcel of land from their late father. Unfortunately at the time that the older man's death occurred, one of the brothers, a soldier, was away for a lengthy period with the military. On his return home, and to his understandable indignation, he found his sibling had built a huge mansion for himself on that property, so large that there was only a very narrow strip of land left for the soldier. Not to be outdone by such greed and selfishness, the intrepid soldier had a 10.4 foot wide at the front and nine 9.5 foot house ten foot wide at the rear house built on the remaining strip. This successfully blocked the sunlight and the view from being enjoyed by the mansion owning brother. Today the Skinny House, as it was promptly called by all and sundry, can be found at 44 Hull Street, Boston - still occupied by tenants.