Oran's legendary two-story outhouse
Ethel Adams contributed the picture
Click on it for the full sized view.
Here's what some joker did to the outhouse picture 10 minutes after we posted it!
We've received email from Jerilyn Johnson with an article about the
outhouse. According to Leonard Lorber, the article must have been
written in 1975. Here's a shot of the clipping (provided by Jerilyn.)
DOUBLEDECKER - This old 2-story outhouse, built in 1913 by Phillip Schmit,
stood in Oran for a good many years before making way for more modern
facilities. The outhouse stood behind the building owned by Mr. and
Mrs. Joe Lorber, who had moved to Oran from Canada in 1913, and lived
there until 1956. The building had housed Lorber's store on the first
floor, and apartments on the second. Mrs. Lorber, now 94 (Ben, I dont
know what year this picture was taken in the paper), lives in Arkansas.
Rumor has it this outhouse's fame has spread as far south as Texas,
where a picture of it adorns the wall of a Texas Restaurant. Jerilyn
also sent along this old photo of the outhouse
taken from a different angle.
Our outhouse has made John Loose's Famous
Outhouses of America Tour!