House numbering is the system of giving a unique number to each building in a street or area, with the intention of making it easier to locate a particular building. The house number is often part of a postal address. Note that the term "house number" refers to the number on the building even if the building is not a house but is a commercial structure or even a vacant lot with a mailbox.
House numbering schemes vary by place, and in many cases even within cities. In some areas of the world, including many remote areas, houses are not numbered at all, instead simply being named.
Read more about House Numbering: Europe, United Kingdom, Russia and Former USSR Countries, Taiwan, Japan and South Korea, Australia and New Zealand, United States and Canada, Latin America, Hong Kong
Famous quotes containing the words house and/or numbering:
“In relation to God, we are like a thief who has burgled the house of a kindly householder and been allowed to keep some of the gold. From the point of view of the lawful owner this gold is a gift; From the point of view of the burglar it is a theft. He must go and give it back. It is the same with our existence. We have stolen a little of God’s being to make it ours. God has made us a gift of it. But we have stolen it. We must return it.”
—Simone Weil (1909–1943)
“The task he undertakes
Is numbering sands and drinking oceans dry.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)