and crept aft in the dark till there warn't but one stateroom betwixt me and the cross-hall of the texas.
Mark Twain. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
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We were to sail on the fifteenth of the month (June), weather permitting; and on the fourteenth, I went on board to arrange some matters in my state-room.
Edgar Allan Poe. The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 4: The Oblong Box (1844)
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Malory: I need a stateroom to myself... in case I have a gentleman-caller.
Adam Reed. Archer, season 1: Skytonic (2010)
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"There was one locked stateroom that the man was not permitted to enter," said Rumfoord.