Saint Albans, Hertfordshire, England
1899 - Rebuilt After the Flood

It is claimed for a building near St. Albans, England, that it is the oldest inhabited house in that country. A part of it, at any rate, is more than 1,000 years old. This is the foundation, which was built by King Offa. The structure was originally used as a fishing lodge of the monks of the abbey of St. Albans, of which monastery it formed a part. It was situated on the banks of an immense fish pond near St. Albans belonging to the royal palace of Kingsbury, of which little but the name now remains. The present building resting upon these ancient foundations was probably erected during the fifteenth century. It has possessed several names and is at present known as the "Fighting Cocks." There is a wooden tablet on the front wall setting forth that it is "The oldeste inhabited house in England." But this, though enough to satisfy and reasonable being, is feeble when compared with a former sign which ran: "The Old Round House: Rebuilt after the flood." - Chicago Chronicle

Jackson Daily Citizen
Jackson, Michigan
November 8, 1899

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