On Jul 3, 1:29*am, "Doug" wrote:
On Mon, 2 Jul 2012 11:33:12 -0700 (PDT), DerbyDad03









wrote:
On Jul 2, 1:41*pm, "Doug" wrote:
How long has this word(s) been around. *I started watching some
construction on tv and they give me the impression that the northern
part of US (maybe Canada too) uses the term. * Well I lived around
construction while in NYC , Long Island and some NY state for a number
of years (moved away in late 70's) and never heard the term then. * Is
a mud room similar to a foyer except it can be as a separate room?

Having grown up in NYC (Queens) I had never heard of the term "mud
room" until I moved to western NY in the early 80's.

However, there may be a reason I never heard of them: None of the
areas where I or any of my friends lived had the style of house where
a mud room could have been included. We lived in row houses, side-by-
side duplexes (not rentals, owner occupied on both sides), and of
course, apartment buildings. None of these styles were really set up
to have a mud room.

I do recall some houses having a small, enclosed back porch or the
like where shoes, baseball gloves and other assorted items piled up,
but we never referred to them as mud rooms.

Once I moved to western NY, my first memory of a mud room is of a room
between a "semi attached" garage and the main house where dirty shoes
and winter clothes could be removed. I later learned that they are
simply a separate room accessed via a side or back door, sometimes
doubling as a laundry room.

I also grew up somewhat in Queens ... Flushing to be more exact. * You
basically described what I lived in then. *I never lived upstate but
frequented maybe once a year to visit relatives in Utica tho I have
relatives in other parts of NY including western NY. * Maybe that's
why I never heard of it just like yourself???? * *Well everyone is
educating me now. * I now recall one of my aunts had a mud room on her
house in Utica tho it was converted into a small kitchen but otherwise
fits the description everyone so far described. *I will read the
remaining posts in this thread now. * *Thanks !!

Care to narrow it down even further? I too grew up in Flushing.

Spent lots of time playing football, frisbee and sledding on the
grounds of Queens College when there still a lot of green space.

If you look out of my old front window now there's a glass and steel
building instead of open field. Way, way back it was woods.