Winds Blowing Through An Open Window

The house at 39 South Rural St. was old when we lived there in 1940. We, the Algiers lived there from 1940 to 1951. We lived and died there, rebuilt the house, and found its treasures and its weaknesses. We laughed, cried, sweated and grew in this small house, small by today’s standards, small by the one bathroom, one tub, four bedrooms in a home of 1568 square feet. It was cramped, but it was home.