What Is a Summer Kitchen?

It kept the unwelcome smell of coal and firewood out.

All food was prepared and brought into the main house, ready to be served.

Summer kitchen with a wood burning stove and various kitchen equipment and accessories

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Basement kitchens serve the same purpose as outdoor kitchens: to keep the house cool.

Basement kitchens are beneficial for those who do not have a lot of outdoor space for a summer kitchen.

Summer kitchens were rectangular, one-to-two-story, roofed dwellings that were close to the main house.

Black and white image of a historic summer kitchen

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They were usually detached or semi-detached structures.

Today, outdoor kitchens are more open-air or are usually covered with apergola.

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Brick summer kitchen next to a house

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Interior window of a summer kitchen, decorated with various kitchen items and potted plants on the window sill

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