This was so very interesting. Clearly you have done a great deal of research. Once again I am looking forward to you nest post. I am doing catch up at the moment.
Houses weren’t opened to keep from being seen as rude, but because the owner would’ve have run out of money to maintain it all on his own. Consequently, he’d agree to open up parts of his home not to tourists so much as local villagers eager to see how the other half lived. You either charged admission or turned the tours and ownership over to the county in exchange for tour access and money granted for all repairs. The county allowed you to live in it until the custodian died but it was already not your home anymore. Still, your house and family names were preserved for posterity.
