phobia (Noun) An irrational or obsessive fear or anxiety, usually of or about something particular. I know someone with a strange phobia of ladders. Origin: c 1790, from words ending in -phobia, from ÏÏÎ²Î¿Ï. Compare ism, from -ism, itis, from -itis, and ana, from -ana.
Carriage houses and garage apartments are exactly the same thing - living quarters or additional space atop a garage. Carriage houses are simply the original version of the contemporary garage apartment, named for the mode of transportation of the day: the horse-drawn carriage.
Known as the Watts House it was built between 1875 and 1878. One of Daniels Hillâs most ornate mansions the red brick Italianate was enlarged over the years. The front porch addition, popular around the end of the 19th century, terminates at the north end in a porte-cohere. The elaborate carriage house seen today was constructed in 1909. Surrounded by an iron fence with large brick and stone pillars, the house gives the passerby a sense of dignity and opulence. The Watts Family