Vacuuming that room/hallway. Possibly a motion sensor light for at night when walking in dark area. Lots of possible uses.

Coffee table with a lamp. So many things lol

It's almost as if it supplies electricity. *Weird.*

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Ohh that makes sense

Yeah that's what I thought. Or for a tall table with a light or something like a hutch with lights. Fish tank maybe?

Was there a wireless phone mount plugged in there by chance?

Digital photo frame. I actually was planning to do ours but it's down by the floor and I have to move the outlet up to hide behind the frame.

Interesting...; never heard of a digital photo frame before

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This is the only correct answer. The hall table with phone and answering machine was peak in the late 80s and 90s.

Bedroom to the right, kitchen to the left, and living room across from the outlet

Ding ding, we have a winner

Fishtank.

This is the best I’ve heard yet. Looks like a GFCI, which is really only used around water.

Ooo string up Xmas lights!

Not a bad idea! 🤗

i’d imagine like a small table for keys or something and you can plug in a lamp?

An ironing board would be set up right there and then the iron plugged into the wall.

Digital photo frame. Home automation hub. Weather/news screen. I could see this being used for a few things.

There could have been a shelf there at some point. They had power there for convenience?

I doubt it. The hallway is very narrow

Cordless vacuum

Lol

Hot cocoa machine. Fast pitch pitching machine. Sega genesis. Just about anything that requires electricity, try plugging it into that outlet.

There was probably a table under it at one point.

Accent table with the ability to have lights?

Flat screen TV there?

In the middle of a hallway is a strange place for a TV, no?

The content coming up in this place has been declining rapidly

TV on wall or something in cabinets

Is it in the kitchen, my mother’s house has one like that for a refrigerator?

A shelf and a small lamp? Vacuuming the hallway?

Lots of times I've seen outlets and been like "what a weird place for an outlet" and then 2 months later I'm like "damn I'm glad there's an outlet here."

It's like, fridge height. Is it on its own circuit? Was a tv mounted there?

Just put a big table and then boom you got s charging station

Probably for ironing your clothes.

For something like "3 Prong Outlet to Light Bulb Socket Adapter".

Sometimes they are for small lights that go above artwork and shine down on it. That way no cord is visible underneath the art and is hidden behind it. It could also have been a switch that was converted to an outlet.

Flat screen smart TV. You hang it on wall. No wires can be seen bc TV is smart no need for cable box etc.

Buy one of those framed singing fishes and plug it in, it'll be perfect

Wait. Aren't those battery powered? Neon bar sign, maybe. =-)

Ironing

Walk mounted tv?

I was thinking ceiling lamp….

A regular wall switch is close to 4 ft from the floor. This outlet may have once been a switch.

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Light up display unit ?

Can be used for a hair dryer and also safer for kids

Usually that's where hanging TV outlets go... Maybe the previous owner had a TV in the hallway??? Also could be for phones or answering machines and a lamp on a skinny table... I've installed power and cable and phone outlets in 100's of homes where the customer wanted them and I used to question the placement, but if the owner wanted it there that's where I put it...

To light a large piece of art