[walk along Amory, turn right onto Porter Street, walk up to the Brewery buildings and turn right into the parking lot and look back to Jess Street - which you just passed.]
Here is a row of workers’ houses that date from 1870. They are very nice examples of modest family homes that were built for the workers in the local industries. These were built before zoning laws existed. Factory owners built homes like these to house their workers very near to their workplaces without a large amount of space between them. The commute was easy and owners had a way of more easily keeping track of everyone. These single family homes have a mansard roof, which is typical of this period. But these houses are much less elaborate than the homes of the well-to-do (which you can visit on the Sumner Hill and Monument Square tours). You see many examples of modest workers’ housing in the Stony Brook area.