Old Fashioned Bathrooms

WHY

Here's what I found:

Why are there moons on Outhouse doors?

I received many questions on the quarter moon above the door in most buildings.
The answer lies in the lighting inside because dependencies were there before electricity. The best way to let the light was to put in a window. For privacy reasons, most dependencies have been designed with the window above the line of sight. Many early outbuildings contained a decorative cutout moon "covered with glass. This allowed just enough light to take care of business! It also allowed the real moon to shine through the night. Bring a lantern lit some dependencies could have caused quite a coup if the moon was won when in reality, most people have a covered pot under the bed to go during the night. Get mighty cold at night to go outside and vermin are something else!
Here is another explanation ...
Probably the most recognizable symbol associated symbol with building traditional dependence is familiar crescent moon carved in the door to private. In fact, the symbol is an ancient, and was a sign for the woman in the colonial era and on the border.
It's male counterpart, Sol, was either a star or a sun burst design also on the door. Like most addictions male fell into disrepair rather quickly they rarely survived, while women were better maintained, and were eventually used by both sexes. Although you can find outbuildings still standing with the crescent moon, the original meaning of gender identification was lost by the late nineteenth century in most parts of the country.
Here is another response to another person ...
The moon is often on the stand of the door of the old sign-luna addiction or femininity. When addiction was invented people needed these signs to discern what is male or female bathroom-for most people could not read. Soon, however, men have become dilapidated or has been very neglected and not maintained. So everybody just used a bathroom for women, and the sunshine for men or ground sign was forgotten. The Moon sign has been preserved and is also used as a vent.
Another person corrects the word "quarter moon", as follows. This person obviously knows more than I do the sky: the first sentence indicates that it is a quarter moon. A quarter moon, however, is a half lit moon where the terminator is half way between each side of the disc. It would be more accurate to speak of the moon as a crescent moon in all cases. And if you want to be pedantic about it you can call up a waxing or waning crescent moon depending on which side is lit.
Yet another is to ask this question: "Recently, my husband built a hangar at the former (tool storage) in our wildflower garden in the backyard. We had a discussion on the crescent moon on the door with a star. The moon ladies only way the star for men only. Right? But the crescent moon waxing or generally in decline? We want to keep looking as authentic as possible. Wood used for the addiction was an old chicken house that was on the property since 1948 and has that rustic look. "The answer is that the moon is normally a weakening crescent moon.

In the days before plumbing, there were separate outbuildings for women and men. They have been identified (as our signs today) the shape of a crescent moon for women and a sunburst shape for men. The moon was an ancient symbol for women, and the sun was an ancient symbol for men.

yeah ... here is the link .... scroll down to "Design and Construction" ..

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outhouse