Is a receptacle required in a boxed off column in a dwelling?

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This is an interesting picture. mtlogcabin would require a receptacle here and so would I meeting the distance requirement, the receptacle is there but a little hard to see.

But some of you would might require a receptacle on that center columns in the other room if it calculates to a minimum of 24-inches, they may be round, but lets say they are square for fun of it.

 

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Would either of these columns in post #26 or #27 need receptacles?

 

[Paul Sweet]

A stairway is not a "kitchen, family room, dining room, living room, parlor, library, den, sun room, bedroom, recreation room, or similar room" It should be considered part of a hallway. One outlet in the hallway the stairway us connected to would suffice. Vacuum cords are long enough to reach the stairs.

 

[steveray]

The stairway wall could be a wall in one of those rooms...

 

[mtlogcabin]

I have an open floor plan in my house kitchen dining and living room one big 1,600 sq ft room. My stairs from the basement to the main floor and the main floor to the second are open on both sides and protrudes 12 feet into this room, no wall just a 42" tall guard on each side of the stairs with the living room on one side and the dining room on the other

similar to this, open on both sides so this design created a wall line 12 feet in length that I have 2 rockers and a table so a floor receptacle was required on each side of the stair