Mautz Tavern Outhouse - It didn't Always Lean This Much The Outhouse If you ever visited Mautz Tavern while it was open - and you had to use the facilities, you walked out the backdoor, down the little sidewalk to the restrooms, pictured above. Yes, even when the tavern officially closed for business in 1978, there was still no indoor plumbing, so patrons had to use the outhouse. This small building housed both a men's and a women's bathroom. One of my most vivid memories of going to the tavern in the 1970s when I was a kid was using this outhouse. The women's side had a bench with three different size holes, small, medium, and large. As a small child, I felt it was important to choose the size hole you would sit on wisely. Maybe just irrational childhood fear talking, but I did NOT want to risk falling down that large hole. Smart that each hole had a lid that was chained to the platform. Unsure how effective it was to keep those holes covered, but I was all for elimin
Mautz's Tavern - A Historical Commentary.......... The Mautz Tavern and home has such an interesting past with so many artifacts still inside that I felt compelled to document as much of this part of my family history associated with the bar and residence as I can.This blog is my way of attempting to tell its story and processing all of the treasures of the past still in the home and the stories that go along with them.