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.
Six outbuildings dotted the property, with two large frame structures fronting D Street. By 1902, two of the small outbuildings had been demolished, and one of the buildings on D Street was identified as a carriage house. More significantly, the Cabell Street facade of the main house had been renovated, and the Queen Anne porch features that can be seen on the house today had been added.