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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| VICTORIA MODEL LODGING HOUSE | Victoria Model Lodging House | Dundee Directory Mr. James Simpson Supertt. [Superintendent] Painted over Entrance |
054 | [Situation] Between Guthrie Close and Scott's Close. Comprises 3 or 4 Small Dwelling houses with intercommunication; situated on the North side of the Overgte between Scott's & Gurthrie's Closes, and adapted to the purposes of the Model Lodging House Association of Dundee. It contains accomodation for between 80 and 90 lodgers, having 21 sleeping rooms with from one to 6 beds in each. On the basement or ground floor are suitable rooms for dining & sitting, & also commodious kitchens for the use of the lodgers & in which they cook There is also in course of construction a reading-room to be supplied with papers & periodicals for the use of the inmates & which on Sundays is to be used as a place of Worship. There are 3 houses of this description in the Town the whole of which are kept up under the auspices of a Committee of Gentlemen with a view of improving the Lodging houses for the laboring classes |
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[Page] 21Town of Dundee -- Sheet 54.9 No. 4 Trace 2
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