1889 Builders Handbook - Designs by Vidistar Dome

CONVENIENT HOUSES WITH

Fifty Plans for the

Housekeeper

ARCHITECT AND HOUSEWIFE — A JOURNEY THROUGH THE HOUSE — FIFTY CONVENIENT HOUSE PLANS — PRACTICAL HOUSE BUILDING FOR THE OWNER — BUSINESS POINTS IN BUILDING — HOW TO PAY FOR A HOME

LOUIS

GIBSON

ARCHITECT

NEW YORK: THOMAS Y. CROWELL &

CO.

CHAPTER

RESPECTABLE DIMENSIONS FOR A

EVOLUTION OF A HOUSE-PLAN.

MODERATE

THE

COSTS,

SIX PLANS.

PRICE.

number of times

XV.

that a

FROM $1,500 TO $2,600.

house has been Plan No.

the popularity of the plan.

built indicates

one form or

another, has been used oftener than any other in the book.

Plans Nos. 1,2, and 3 are more frequently selected by people

who do

and low-cost house. front hall

This arrangement makes a compact

not keep a servant.

There

a porch over which the small

bedroom extends on the second story. In Plan No. 1 the There is a corner grate is seven and one-half by ten feet.

for the living-room

and the

the dining-room in a

way

parlor.

stove might be used in

moderate the temperature of the

entire lower floor. is

one very large window opening into the dining-

It is

a very pleasing thing to have the upper sash of the

There room.

This

dinino--room glazed with simple colors of cathedral glass.

glass gives a very pleasant tone to the light of the room, and, at

the is

same

time, excludes the hot rays of the sun in

possible

glass

the

used

dispense with in the

window on the

dividing-rail

which glass,

will

outside

upper sashes.

inside,

shutters

level

with to

exclude the view from the outside.

and by the aid of the

curtains,

be expected from the shutters. 109

when

cathedral

metal rod running across

may be made

of the window,

summer.

the

horizontal

carry curtains

Thus,

we have much

that

the

might

CONVENIENT HOUSES.

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lighted

a china-pantry between the kitchen and dining-room.

by a small window

one

side.

serves as a pas-

sageway between these two rooms, and thus keeps the odor of the cooking from the front

pantry

part

The

house.

of the

immediately back of the china-pantry, and

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from the kitchen. the kitchen

It is also

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provided with a small window.

a sink with a swinging table at one side, and

for a portable table

on the other.

At one

room

side of the sink

may

be the cistern-pump, and on the other side the well-pump. It

should be placed back against the wall, and with handles

that are well out of the It

way when not

in use.

entirely unnecessary to place the

low-cost houses, as

common.

pumps

the yards of

a driven well

used,

PLANS OF FIFTY CONVENIENT HOUSES. could be driven so as to be next to the kitchen sink.

dug well,

may be

placed on

lead pipes with the sink on

connected is

the

the outside,

it is

and connected through

The

the inside.

same way.

The entrance

cistern

may be

to the cellar stairs

The

conveniently placed in one corner of the kitchen.

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be used as a summer kitchen. It is to

hall.

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There

leading into the various rooms.

the stairway.

no waste room

the upstairs

merely wall space enough to admit of doors

lights this hall

;

the

There

a small

window may be reached

This plan

illustrates

window which

for cleaning

clearly as

advantage of having the main stairway land

from

possible the

the middle of

CONVENIENT HOUSES.

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the house.

no better way to economical use of space.

From

the second-floor hall there

attic.

This passage

a stairway leading to the

same way

lighted in the

as the second-

floor hall. It

may be

The house

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number of rooms

some of them

are

within a small small.

mind, however, that the value of a room its size.

It is

not

room may be of respectable dimen-

but yet not have the necessary wall space for the furniture.

Such a room would not be

as satisfactory as a smaller one,

care been taken to provide this space.

In each

had

bedroom there

should be space for a bed, a wash-stand, and a dressing-case.

The

latter

should be near a window.

It will

be found that there

FLAXS OF FIFTY COXVEXIEXT HOUSES. is

room

for

such furniture

houses which was in

front

each of the bedrooms shown on

All are provided with

this plan.

ample

In one of these

closets.

was a door between the bedroom

there

built,

and the chamber.

In another case, there

connecting the two larger rooms.

was a door

All these things are matters

of personal preference, or special family requirements, depend-

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and other family

conditions.

Plan No.

2 is similar to

changes

in detail.

shorter

lar to

;

No.

The rooms

excepting that there are a few

are smaller

;

the hall

excepting that

relatively

No. 3

simi-

has a front as well as a rear

stair-

illustrates the process of contraction. 2,

way, and the position of the dining-room

changed.

CONVENIENT HOUSES.

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No. 4

a development of the

same

class of plans.

There

are the front and the rear stairways, also a bath-room over the kitchen,

and

through the

servant's

room.

The dotted

bedroom on the second

little

may be

position of a hall, which

jj=s

and rear part of

nine-room house Plan No.

same

idea.

5 is

The

just described

room

lor.

Plan No.

is,

floor indicate

the

Plop No.

house.

Floor

will

be noticed,

this

a very economical form.

a further development and

objection that one that

one has

the rear of the 5

this

running

constructed connecting the

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front

lines

hall, to

may

to pass

raise to

any of the plans

through the parlor, or the

reach the

solves this problem.

improvement of the

room back of the

From

the hall

par-

we can go

into the living-room, the

dining-room or parlor, without passing

through another room.

The second

floor

an improvement

PLANS OF FIFTY CONVENIENT HOUSES. over No. allowing

that the

4, in it

to project over the

In the rear of this

bedroom

little

cost.

the rear

room below

IJ 5

enlarged by

the width of the hall.

comes the bath-room.

The

building, without appurtenances,

basis outlined in schedule " B,"

would cost as follows

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Plan No.

$1,800; No.

No.

$1,700;

No.

$1,900.

Figures 8 and 9 are elevations suited

$1,550;

to these plans.

Plan No. 6 had

its

origin in Plan No.

through the successive stages indicated plans from

to 5 inclusive.

been changed, so that

and the parlor on the

The

and was developed the description of

position of the grate-stack has

acts for the reception-hall

other.

The

on one

side,

reception-hall, instead of

CONVENIENT HOUSES. In one corner thereof

receding, projects.

arranged a vesti-

from the rest of the rooms by ornamental

bule, partitioned

fret-work backed with curtains.

changes

This

make

will

this hall into a

a very beau-

From

room.

tiful

feature.

may

pass to the parlor, sitting-room, and dining-room.

rear of the sitting-room

window-seat.

The

The dining-room

a porch

;

sitting-room closet

one

at is

here

In the

side, a projecting

cut off from the pantry.

connected with the sitting-room by sliding-

;

r^VoiQic.

doors.

convenient china-closet connects the dining-room

and kitchen. drawers.

one side of the china-room are arranged

Under the

by panelled doors

;

china-closet proper are

shelves enclosed

the china-shelves above being protected by

glass doors, according to the general ideas previously expressed

when considering the

same

the china-closet in particular.

The

kitchen

as others, which are described elsewhere in a

detailed way.

There

a laundry in the basement,

side cellar-way connecting with

the

back yard.

and an out-

The

inside

PLANS OF FIFTY CONVENIENT HOUSES. cellar-way

second

floor.

The next door

shown.

There are

vation of this house

five

bedrooms on

shown

which leads to the

that

Fig.

117

this floor.

No.

11.

The

ele-

building,

without appurtenances, according to schedule " B," costs $2,600. Elevations Nos.

and

indicate a simple form of exterior,

which may go with either of these plans excepting No.

The photographic No.

as built at

view, Fig.

one time.

No.

10,

shows an exterior of

CHAPTER

XVI.

AMBITION, DOLLARS, A SMALL POCKET-BOOK AND A LARGE IDEA. THE GROWTH OF THE HOUSEKEEPER'S AND A GOOD HOUSE. IDEAS. POINTS ABOUT THE HOUSE. $2,QX)0.

frequently said of those

who would

are larger than their pocket-books. creditable to

any one that

immediate resources.

build, that their ideas

his ideas should

be larger than

The

thousand dollars." has only a nately,

for his

want three thousand

happen

money

dollars'

as he

The

time.

who

in effect

worth of house

an ambitious

latter is

ambition.

little

however,

likely to

same

says that he wants two thousand dollars' worth of

house does not get as much says, "

his

Such a condition causes the enlargement

of the individual and his pocket-book at the

man who

certainly not dis-

man

for

the former

;

merely wants a house.

few such

there

are

that a

man and

people.

his wife,

two

Fortuis

who have worked

money together to build a home has been talked about

hard for several years, get enough

home, and

it is

possible that this

for several years previous to their building.

been

educating

themselves

acquainted themselves with

fact,

they have

They have

house-building.

in all

modern conveniences.

of the

They have studied porches, vestibules, and stairways they know how many rooms they want on the first floor and the bedrooms ;

that they will have above.

a very crude form

the course of time the plan shows

itself

;

but

clearly to them.

first this

house presents

They begin nS

itself in

to place the furniture

PLANS OF FIFTY CONVENIENT HOUSES. imaginary rooms, and as they do

in the

They add rooms. in

and then

at first inches,

were quite moderate

;

time a sink begins to assume certain vague outlines, then

pump

placed beside

room

;

afterward the wife says, "

the course

subjects,

they

then a

How

nice

of a few evenings' talk

come

the

ought to get

all

first ;

but

hot-water

have them

will

much cheaper than they used

that as things are so

would

and kindred

this

the conclusion that

would cost too much

arrangements do not cost too much, they

certainly

;

could have a hot-water faucet over the sink."

they shake their heads and say that in

the size of the various

feet, to

takes definite form on one side of the

this their ideas enlaro-e.

their ideas of a kitchen

first

;

and

to be, they

of these for about what they originally

expected to pay for the house.

Their ideas have been of slow

growth, but continuous, and

the aggregate the growth has

been time

During

great.

the winter months, previous to

all

when they would

build in the spring,

made, of the floor-plans of the house that the net result

handed

many is

the

sketches are

to be.

to a builder or an architect,

Finally

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frequently the former, as most small houses are built without

The

professional service.

figures

from the builder come

and are very much higher than was expected. shock, for certainly there

that their plan contains appears to

of necessity.

them

Other builders are asked

satisfactory.

quite a

nothing there that they can well do

Everything has been thought of so much.

without.

little

in,

Nothing

less than a matter

to figure with results

In the end there must be a compromise;

the builder and the owner both yield, and, as a result, a very satisfactory

house

would have

different, but, in the main, the

This

built.

There are

little

things which they

house

satisfactory.

the universal experience, and the effect upon the

CONVENIENT HOUSES.

120

domestic architecture of

country has been very pronounced.

this

YVe can now get a better house

for a

given

sum

money than

Better not only as to general construction, but as

ever before.

well on account of external appearance, and the convenience of internal

its

One may

arrangements.

regarded as the

This

housekeeper.

conveniences, which

little

more of what

get

mean

much

are

to the

not altogether the result of lower prices

of the material and labor which ÂŁo to well on account of the skill which has

make

a house, but

been developed

plan-

ning and arranging buildings, with reference to economy space,

The planning

and cost of general construction.

houses has undergone a revolution within a few years past instead of having the long, narrow halls at the side and

;

and the

middle of a house, and the long halls and narrow passages

through the upper

we now have

floor, all

of which was ugly and inconvenient,

the same area thrown in large square rooms, so

as to be available. It

For

may be known

this

they

that

chimney stacks are quite expensive.

reason an effort has been

may be made

answer

for

made to group them, so and a number of rooms ;

that

the

success with which efforts in this direction have been attended

has been wonderful indeed.

The modern

different from that of the past

expensive to build

;

who

square.

largely the result

who

exercises his ingenuity

and the money together. of an eight-room house, and

tative of the ideas expressed. is

less

has ideas larger than his pocket-

book, and the architect or builder,

Plan No. 7

more convenient and

and, as said before, this

of efforts of the owner,

to bring the ideas

floor plan is altogether

The general

is fairly

form,

represent

will

be seen,

a two-story house with a reception-hall, parlor,

dining-room, kitchen, china-closet, pantry, and stair-hall on the

FLANS OF FIFTY CONVENIENT HOUSES. first

floor

there are three

;

121

chambers, the servant's bedroom,

the bath-room, and a communicating hall on the second floor.

The

floor

first

ten feet six inches high, and the second, nine

From

feet six inches.

the second floor there

to the attic,

which

ous uses.

The

having the

joist set well

a stairway going

large and roomy, and which

cellar

seven feet high, and

up from the grade

line.

may have well

vari

lighted

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a laundry here, and, separated from coal- cellar

there

is,

and a furnace-room.

first,

a broad porch

fourteen feet in length.

vestibule,

by a door, we may have a

As we approach

about eight feet

the house, width,

a slight additional expense, say

dollars to sixty dollars, this porch

entire front.

thought desirable.

with or without

It is

doors are seldom used.

fifty

might be extended across the

Before reaching the front door, there

— arranged

and

storm-doors, as

a small

may be

the impression of the writer that storm-

The

distinctive feature of this

house

CONVENIENT HOUSES.

122 the

which

hall,

teen feet

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this hall,

and

enough

large

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thirteen feet six inches

be used as a sitting-room.

at the right as

broad window

in front

fif-

In the front part of

window-seat and a

enter, are a

and immediately above

;

this is slightly

separated from the main room by the small pilasters or casings

on each

Immediately

side.

in front

of the doorway, there are a

There are large

grate and mantel set in one corner of the room.

doorways,

back of

five feet wide, leading into the stair-hall

room, and into the parlor

this

immediately

at the left as

enter.

In this case there are merely door openings, portieres or curtains taking the place of ordinary doors.

be used

in addition to the curtains,

From

of both curtains and doors. stair-hall

and the stairway are

hall,

and from

two doors.

one may go

It is

good

and thus have the advantage

room the

this

outlines of the

visible or not, according to the

There

arrangement of the portieres.

Sliding-doors might

a side entrance into this

into the kitchen

by passing through house always to

principle in planning a

have two doors between the kitchen and any other part of the house.

One door

a second one

could as well be used in this instance, but

added

In the plan here given, stairs

make the isolation more complete. may be noticed that there are cellar

passing under the main stairway

The dining-room may be entered lor or

from the

the

hall.

either from the front par-

In each case doors are used.

stair-hall.

always desirable to have a dining-room so arranged that

be closed from the other parts of the house. in

each of the two principal rooms, the

dining-room, and

all

hall,

There

may

a grate

the parlor, and the

communicate with a single

much more economical

stack.

This

than having three distinct stacks, which

are so frequently used for accomplishing the

only other chimney stack

the kitchen.

same

result.

The

The two answer

PLANS OF FIFTY CONVENIENT HOUSES. The

every purpose. off at

outside corners of the dining-room are cut

an angle of forty-five degrees, so that the end of the diningthe form of a large bay window.

room presents

may be

space at this end a

In the middle

placed the sideboard, in which event

window will be placed over

it,

The dining-room communicates

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that

is,

well toward the ceiling.

with the kitchen through a large

pantry, eight feet square, or through a slide in the back of the

In the kitchen there are broad windows on the

china-closet.

two

and a door leading

sides,

into the

back yard.

In following the stairway to the second floor, that there

a broad landing something

and that there

will

be noticed

more than half-way up,

a large window, slightly above

it,

which

lights

The advan-

the hall below, and partially lights the one above.

tages of having a stairway which lands approximately in the cenof the house, as does this one,

tre

having long

halls

of the house.

no room

that

lost

which have to lead from the front to the rear

All

we need have

a short hall in the centre of

the building, which will communicate with the rooms around

Another convenience of of the house

this

utilized for

arrangement

chambers.

in the front of a house, there is

a waste of room, or one

chambers to get to others. around the

hall,

abundant space

for the

dresser, wash-stand, ets,

and

at the

The

etc.

that

Where

all

it.

of the front

the stairway lands

must either be a long

hall,

which

must pass through one or more In this plan the rooms are arranged

there being three large ones over the three

rooms below.

principal

and

end of the

of these chambers there

In each

usual chairs.

bedroom

furniture,

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viz.,

a bed,

In these rooms there are clos-

hall there is a store closet for

servant's room, as shown,

bedding,

over the kitchen, as

also the bath-room. It

may be

noticed that the fixtures in the bath-room

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that

CONVENIENT HOUSES.

124 is,

the bath-tub and closet

so that the pipes possible,

which

may have

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are directly over the sink below,

the most direct and the shortest runs

not only economical, but also safer from

The tank

flooding in case of accident. tains the soft or cistern water,

laundry sink in the cellar

the

attic,

which con-

directly over the tub,

directly

and the

under the kitchen

sink.

py-crpt_.

Thus, from

and to

all

cellar to attic, all the

plumbing

fixtures are in line,

pipes exactly vertical, excepting where

take a short branch to connect the fixtures.

bath-room safer,

slightly separated, as

is,

main

bath-room, which leading to

shown.

The

There

hall.

it.

attic

hall,

opened

directly

a closet for soiled linen next to the

accessible either from

The

desirable

Having the

from the main

from a sanitary point of view, than

into the

hall

stairs to the attic lead

floored, but

or from the short

out of the

hall, as

otherwise unfinished.

PLANS OF FIFTY CONVENIENT HOUSES.

found desirable, one or more rooms could be finished here, which would be quite as large and pleasant as any of the other

rooms

the house.

fences,

sheds,

This house can be finished complete, including walks, gas fixtures, plumbing, mantels, and

furnace, for $2,900. Fig.

No. 12

an elevation.

CHAPTER "WE KNOW WHAT WE

XVII.

A CONVENIENT PLAN.

WANT."

THE WANTS OF PEOPLE WHO

FLOOR plans develop from who

There

build.

the varying necessities of those

no reason why the same arrangement

should suit any large number of people.

and thoughtfully made,

fully

will

whose wants are

individuals

MEETING

BUILD.

floor plan,

care-

meet the requirements of the

particularly

While

considered.

there are certain general principles, which affect the value of a floor plan for

good or

evil,

and dispositions of the occupants.

as varied as the tastes

the detailed requirements are almost

lady and gentleman

come

into an architect's office,

and

explain that they are intending to build, and want to look at

The

something with a view of selecting a plan.

many

a great

enough

well "

plans which he might show them, but he knows

that

none of them

be glad

shall

architect has

will

be selected.

show you anything

says

have, but not with

the expectation of finding something that will please you.

doing

so,

not

shall

negative

in that

think

know

just

sketch

;

tell

probably find out what you do not want, and

way meet your requirements."

know what we want," says the lady, " but I do how to arrange it. The stairways bother me, and

there are things which

"Well,

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do not get

me what you

and from

to suit me."

want, and then

that, corrections

;

will

and, in the end,

make

shall

probably have something satisfactory, though not wholly so at once." 126

PLANS OF FIFTY CONVENIENT HOUSES. 'â&#x20AC;˘

Before

we go any

we have

say that

farther," says the

gentleman,

want

only twenty-five .hundred dollars to put into

a house."

"Yes, that

all

we can

The "

architect reaches for a note-book

want a

can

and overcoats.

Somewhere near

and yet wish closet,

the reception-hall, or in

my own

can put

the children, and other things which

be a large

and stairway

it.

vestibule, with a place for overshoes, hats,

want a closet where

upstairs,

and a piece of paper.

reception-hall, with a grate

There must be a small

you what we want."

tell

"but

afford," says the lady;

wraps, and those of

do not care

it,

have out of the way.

keep

does not need

We want

but must not be unusually small.

a parlor and dining-room, which connect with the reception-hall.

The

parlor will be used as a sitting-room not a

the ordinary way, for the reason that children most of the time.

some kind of a window-seat

sewing

there.

room.

should

could receive

would be nice

in that

but not

stay upstairs with the

use the parlor regularly as the sitting-room, callers in the reception-hall.

little,

could have

want a grate

the sitting-room, but not necessarily one in the dining-room. I

want a back stairway, but

the kitchen.

How

Oh,

together.

girl's

want you

from

make

would a combination stairway do ?" don't want that at I

all.

want the rear stairway one

room on the second

the rest of the house. upstairs."

directly

a house of this cost."

entirely separate from the

the

must not go up

The kitchen and pantry

convenient as possible "

floor,

would be brineine the two

in the rear of the

front.

so that

It it

house, and

should land near can be cut off from

must have plenty of closet-room

CONVENIENT HOUSES.

128 "

How many

Two

Then you must have

gested.

a baby and a

" ?

boy about

little

six years old."

room next

room and a

also be a guest's

" Yes, that will

have to do

your room,

and connecting with

was sug-

four bedrooms,"

at least

For the present, the baby can sleep

and the boy

must

children have you

There

it.

servant's room."

for the present

but don't forget

;

There

the bath-room, and be sure to have plenty of closets. is

one thing

had almost forgotten.

There must be some

arrangement so that the servant can get from the kitchen through the dining-room

the front door without going

don't

want the smells of the kitchen

;

but

to get into the front

part of the house."

After two or three sketches had been made, the result, as

The

here illustrated, was reached.

architect has

mind

that

the space at the right of the entrance door in the vestibule

would serve as a place

ments.

for overcoats

and other winter equip-

suggests that a portiere be placed between

This

vestibule and the opening leading into the reception-hall. will

prevent draughts of cold

room when the door

the front a certain

air

amount of

a matter of course.

privacy.

from making their way into opened.

The porch

It will

placed

In the recess of the hall which

by the vestibule a window-seat reception-hall

the

front, as is

made

In the rear of the

placed.

the closet required.

also lend

means of getting

from the kitchen to the reception-hall without passing through the dining-room, two doors are arranged leading to a passage

under the odors

over

This

stairs.

the

house.

prevent the passage of kitchen

The

parlor

and

dining-room

are

Between the window and the door leading

arranged as shown. to the china-closet

will

space for the sideboard.

The pantry

PLANS OF FIFTY CONVENIENT HOUSES.

129

separated from the china-closet by the cupboard of the former. It

has doors above and shelves below.

the pantry.

It is

The

ice-chest

placed

readily accessible from both china-closet

and kitchen.

The passageway

to the

second floor

from

this

room, and,

considering the limited means and large general requirements,

Se/OOTpd floor-

"FTrst THoor-

this

arrangement

will

no doubt be

accessible from both dinino-room

satisfactory.

and kitchen.

bath-room and water-closet above, there

The stairway is As there is a

no necessity

carrying slops downstairs and through the kitchen.

has the usual front stairway.

fittings.

will

The passage

to the cellar

be remembered, there

The is

for

kitchen

under the

a door shut-

CONVENIENT HOUSES.

130 ting

this

passage from the reception-hall.

a closet in each room, two opening into

bed

linen,

and one

Upstairs there the

for dust-pans, brushes, etc.

a closet in the bath-room. inspection of Plan No. 8 will

The

attic

stairway

show how

were met. Cost, as per schedule " B," $2,200.

all

hall

â&#x20AC;&#x201D; one

There is

shown.

for

also

of the requirements

CHAPTER

XVIII.

THE COMBINATION PANTRY. TWO GOOD ROOMS IN FRONT. MUCH CELLAR A BURDEN. $2,500. Plan No.

TOO

the reception-room contains the front stairway.

This stairway lands near the front of the house on the second

which reason we are enabled to have

floor, for

in the front part

of the house the two rooms which are most used on each floor.

have the two chambers above, and the reception-room and

the sitting-room below. structed in the usual

towards the

rear,

we had a long, narrow stair hall conway, we should have the sitting-room If

and only a

little

alcove

bedroom over

the hall

in front.

The dining-room, which

a large room,

the front part of the house by sliding-doors.

one corner of in the

it.

dining-room.

on a

side wall

nearly always at

It is

farther from

it is

has a grate in

general principles, a grate has no business

makes him uncomfortable the room,

connected with

hence

meal time.

Beine

any one than

may be

some

allowed.

one's back, in the

would be

There

and

corner of if

located

a porch in

the rear of the dining-room, and between the door leading to it

and the door to the china-closet there

There are two windows

board.

at the

a space for a side-

end of

this

The door which passes

into the pantry should

spring-hinges, so that

will

against will

take

its

side,

natural position. 131

and when

be on double

One

swing both ways.

and open from either

dining-room.

can push

released

CONVENIENT HOUSES.

132

The pantry

a large one.

regarded as a kitchen annex

Pantries,

â&#x20AC;&#x201D; a store-room and preparing-room.

on the combination plan.

This pantry

china-closet

by means of a

which projects into

it,

one end, a flour-bin

may be

general,

Aside from

slide.

there

connects with the

this china-closet,

a cupboard with double doors at

at the side, a pastry table next to

and a

it,

nnsB J if

IBoO?

C^r?7b0T-T K6xi^6i axi2;

|BLJL

r^n

Icn-:

1-4-6X16

J Watfnb^a.

4~orx>p

mlFHooi-

jpcJ

^Pb^Nbp refrigerator

One

by the window.

erator near the

window

is,

bar:

reason for placing this refrig-

that a flight of steps

and a platform

might be arranged on the outside, so that the iceman could put in

the ice without going through the kitchen.

cellar

from

There

go down

this pantry. is

cellar

under about half

kitchen and the dining-room.

and numerous windows

for

this

house

â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the

should have a cemented

lighting

it.

The

floor,

part under the

PLANS OF FIFTY CONVENIENT HOUSES

133

kitchen could be used for a laundry, that under the dining-room for coal

storage and furnace.

under a part of the sitting-room

There could be an excavation

not put a cellar under the whole house

more," has been asked

many

vegetable storage.

for

times.

Why

would cost but the

little

things,

the smaller economies, in a building of this kind which

makes

little

It is

between an expensive house and a house of moderate cost. Every foot of cellar space beyond what is the

difference

needed

for actual

use

arrangement has more

all

and

fuel,

that can be used.

the

housekeeper.

The

do with the number of apartments than

with the amount of space. for furnace

burden

and a room

From

have a laundry-room, a place for vegetables,

the cellar

which

we can go up

about

the stair-

CONVENIENT HOUSES.

134

way and

into the kitchen,

and from the second It

a large

need them. floored.

and

floor,

floor to the attic.

attic,

a place for large

Under any circumstances

There could be no better place

at times for It

from the kitchen to the second

rooms

one should

this attic

should be

for general

storage,

drying clothes.

seldom happens that two houses from exactly the same

many people, there who would not are others who would not be attracted by it The universal floor care to build this house as their home. While

plan are built.

this plan

has pleased

;

plan has never been made, and never will be. eral

principles running through

and

of the

all

plans which are valuable,

rightly understood will contribute to

homes of

Fig. 13

There are gen-

the improvement

the people.

an elevation.

Cost, without appurtenances, $2,500, as per schedule " B."

CHAPTER

XIX.

A CONNECTING VESTIBULE. SITTING-ROOM AND PARLOR IN FRONT. GOOD ROOMS IN THE STAIRWAY. COMBINATION A CENTRAL ATTIC.

WHEN we

say that the sitting-room should be in the front

part of the house,

does not necessarily imply that the

As shown

parlor should be disturbed.

may both be

The

in front.

vestibule,

Plan No.

which

large

they

10,

enough

for

a hat-rack, and for the occupants of the house to stand while

putting on their overshoes and wraps,

and reception-room, but yet

way

in front of

so as not to disturb the

view to the street from either of these rooms. all

of the

rooms

front.

The dining-room

convenient

of the sitting-room. in the rear.

This

The

kitchen if

both parlor

we do

cannot have

not want there.

placed immediately in the rear

Thus we have two rooms

in front

practically a square house.

The

and two

old habit

has been to place the stairway along one side of the parlor hall

which served as a passageway from the front

immediately

in the rear.

to the

This distribution of halls

thrown the sitting-room back of the

parlor.

the

rooms

what has

In the plan here

given the change has been made so that the hall has relatively the same position that did the sitting-room in the past, though it

by no means as

incidentally

large.

passage.

essentially a stair-hall,

placed,

we may

central.

kitchen.

There are two doors between

The

from

Its

position

this stair-hall

and the

the parlor, sitting-room, dining-room, or kitchen. is

enter

and

central position of the stairway has other advan135

CONVENIENT HOUSES.

136

tages than those just stated.

floor entirely unnecessary.

floor plan,

gives two

The dining-room room. There may be

One

makes long will

immediately

on the second

be seen by looking

good bedrooms

halls

at the

in front.

in the rear of the sitting-

sliding doors connecting these

door, three and a half feet wide, usually

two rooms.

makes a

suffi-

JBecTF^rj?^

J3o.O?.

WJPTTL a OpCFp?b&r-.

C-jpoo^pberr:

1 -^oapNcHO.

ciently large

are

sliding

opening

째

for the

doors between

dining-room connection.

the

parlor

dining-room and sitting-room, as shown.

There

and sitting-room, and

The

kitchen has the

advantage of a certain amount of isolation from the rest of the house, for the reason that there are two doors between

and any other room. to their

The

most convenient

pantries are arranged with reference

use.

In the kitchen-pantry there are

PLANS OF FIFTY CONVENIENT HOUSES.

137

places for a refrigerator, flour bin, bread-board, and cupboard.

The dining-room pantry

china-closet, with

above and closed doors below.

glass

doors

The doors connecting

the

dining-room pantry or passage should be hung on double-spring hinges. In the plan of this house

the kitchen to the

same landing

shown how we may go from

that

used

main

for the

stair-

way, and thus avoid the necessity for a distinctively back hall

and back stairway.

However,

so desired,

place a stairway in the rear, and thus have

pendent.

In that event a

them

entirely inde-

room may be placed over the

and be used by the servant.

easy to

pantry,

This part of the house could be cut

from the front rooms and the bath-room on the second floor by a door. But to take the house as it is, we have a combinaoff

tion

stairway,

there being, two doors

approach from the

common

landing

the second floor there

separating the

the main stair-hall.

a hall about fourteen feet lono-

from which we pass to two bedrooms the bath-room and the store-closet.

rooms. In

This makes

Each room

independent.

family necessities

the

hall,

available from

the rear,

as such

any of the

The bath-room is directly over the kitchen. each bedroom there is a place for a bed, a dressincr-case,

and a wash-stand, which If there is

not always the case in bedrooms.

a place for these things,

proper relation to the sources of light

two

front,

They may be connected one with the other as suggest. The store-closet is accessible from a closet should be.

kitchen

the dressing-case bears

light, if

it is

from the window or from the gas shines

user,

room

at the

the wash-stand side of

in the face

of the

conveniently disposed, and there

for a slop-jar,

then the architect has done his

full

there

duty

its

so placed that the

in the

a large closet,

arrangement of

CONVENIENT HOUSES.

138

The room

the bedroom.

be especially well cared

that

for in the

hundred dollars would

lath

and provide a room

this house,

matter of closets.

and plaster the entire

in the front part

There

used by the boys or the servant. this

room should

called the family

attic

which could be

no objection

except in the necessity for climbing an extra pair of

The mere mention of a bedroom in many people. It arouses memories

attic.

The

stairs.

distasteful to

of hot, dusty, and uncom-

which they have passed the night.

fortabli places in

depends on the

the attic

roof in this house

All this

pitched at an

The house at the narrowest point This would make the attic at the highest is 29 feet wide. point 14! feet. We can stud down from this and have a nineangle of forty-five degrees.

foot story

and

at the

same time a large room, one which would

have none of the disadvantages of a half-story room, and which

would have bedroom,

all

for

the advantages of a well-ventilated, comfortable

summer

suggests neatness. all

disorder.

or winter.

Having

The

plastering of the attic

well lighted

by dormers exposes

Cost, as per schedule " B," $2,600.

CHAPTER XX. AN ISOLATED RECEPTION-ROOM. COMBINATION STAIRWAY. DESCRIPTION OF THE FLOOR PLAN. CELLAR ARRANGEMENT. DINING-ROOM AND CONSERVATORY. ANOTHER

A COMPACT PLAN.

PLAN.

THE

floor plans

No.

are of a house of small area,

1 1

30 x 34J feet, for the body of the structure. There is a porch in front, a circular bay window at one side, and a pantry

and china-closet projecting eight available

the

attic,

In the house there are

at the rear.

rooms besides the bath-room and the

rooms quite

as liberal as

any

attic.

the house could be

constructed at a small expense.

the

first

floor, as

which

sitting hall,

ments of dwellings.

amount of

isolation

enter, there

common

This reception

the

the reception or

more modern arrange-

hall or

room has a

certain

from the passage which leads from the ves-

tibule to the stairway

may be

and the rear portion of the house.

separated therefrom by curtains or portieres.

would

be entirely possible to separate the two by means of sliding doors, in which event the opening from

passage would have to be a drawings.

room

into

narrower than shown

This room could be used as the

cian, or of a

By making

little

the

gentleman who did more or

the

in the

office of a physi-

less business at

home.

the front vestibule about six inches deeper, a sepa-

rate entrance to this

room could be provided.

In this event, a

door from the room into the passage leading to the living part of the house would be a necessity. 139

The

circular

bay end of

CONVENIENT HOUSES.

140

room would present an

this

this part of the

room could be placed about

four feet from the

which event book-shelves could be arranged below

floor,

The windows

attractive feature.

The window in floor. Under the

goes to within seventeen inches of

them.

front

the

stairway,

may be

and leading from

placed a very liberal closet,

room,

this

which there should be

a small window.

Leading from the passage

The

passage

little

from the

passage

this

which one closet

There

by a door.

hall

the

into

the stairway, and two closets.

separated

another door opening from

Thus

kitchen.

placed

there

are

two doors

between the kitchen and the front part of the house. arrangement has other rooms

mind the

way

This

from the

isolation of the kitchen

prevent the passage of the usual

kitchen odors.

The

stairways in this house are of the class

nation stairways struction, there

;

known

while they are convenient and easy of cona certain

amount of complication

arrangement which makes them

difficult

their

of description so as to

be understood by those not accustomed to examining

There

as combi-

floor plans.

the stairway from the front hall to the floor above, and

one from the kitchen

The

to the landing of the front stairway.

landing of the front stairway and that from the kitchen stairway is

common

making

this

;

that

is,

understood,

it it

up the stairway from the steps,

and

the same.

may be

part of the stairs

well to say that one

front hall to the landing,

from thence down

turn right face and

For the purpose of

into

to the landing

the

kitchen,

on the second

may go

some eight or

he can This

floor.

used coming up from the kitchen as well

as from the front hall.

However, the kitchen stairway

arated from the landing by a door.

There

sep-

another door at

PLANS OF FIFTY CONVENIENT HOUSES. In

the foot of this kitchen stairway.

may

coming downstairs, one

go clown

turn to the right, open a door, and

kitchen

;

or,

may

stairway into the tion stairway

turn to the

Thus

hall.

left,

141

into

the

and go down the front

be seen that the combina-

will

a front and rear stairway together, with separate

entrance from both parts of the house,

— one from the kitchen, &pcyph&\^.

(^urph&r-.

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jii Z

C5J.

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and one from the front is

a certain

kind, but

hall.

must be confessed

amount of compromise

it is

an arrangement of

a saving of both space and money, and

this account.

this plan

that there

everything

this

tolerable

concentrated, and

without the serious drawback which extra cost, or a smaller number of rooms, would imply to those

thousand dollars to spend

The head room

who have

for a house,

for the stairway,

only a

little

over two

without appurtenances.

coming up from the kitchen,

secured under the bath-tub in the bath-room immediately above.

CONVENIENT HOUSES.

142

The allel to

cellar stairway is clearly indicated as

going down par-

The

the kitchen stairs and under the front stairs.

this

cellar

house should be under the kitchen, stairways, and the

reception-hall

;

that

is,

would occupy

all

of one side of the

In this cellar plan the

house.

principles set forth in the pre-

chapter

vious

cellars

are

thirteen

and

carried out.

The

parlor

one-half by seventeen feet in size.

connected with a

by wide

hall

sliding doors, so

that about one-half of this side

of the

room may be open.

The

grate opposite the sliding doors in the parlor

would present a

very beautiful view hall

from the

The

and stairway.

sliding

doors between the parlor and dining-room are placed there more in

deference to custom than through any personal sense of their Sliding doors do not have the quality of excluding

fitness.

sound or odors that

better in this respect. parlor

called a

would

The

desirable.

ordinary hinged door

This room which would commonly be really

be used as a living-room, excepting

by those who use the dining-room or one of the second-floor chambers

for that purpose.

Our dining-room has an independent connection with the front hall, so that we do not have to go through the parlor or the sitting-room to reach dollars,

it.

little

would place a conservatory

or at the end of this dining-room.

extra money, say seventy

one

side, at

Fifty dollars

one corner,

would give a

PLANS OF FIFTY CONVENIENT HOUSES. As

bay window.

we have two windows

is,

of the ordinary-

kind at one side of the room, and none at the end.

good arrangement, when would be

to take

bay or conservatory

one of these windows

not

very used,

and place

at the side

the rear end, though near the outside corner of the room.

This would give space between the windows and the china-

The window other were moved to

closet door for a sideboard.

dining-room,

middle of the wall space

in the

of the

the

the dining-room

china-pantry, which

ment

side

of the

the end, should be

opposite the centre

is,

flue.

From has a

that

;

at the

window

little

for chinaware,

into the kitchen

marked "passage."

one

which

The doors

glass doors.

we go

and

side, is

at the

through the

This china-pantry

end a separate

closed from the passage by

apart-

means of

leading from the passage into the dining-

room and kitchen should be hung on double-swinging hinges. There are those who would say that there should be no door from the kitchen into the passage leading from the dining-room to the front hall. in this position,

the it

hall.

Thus

closed at

would probably be well

to retain this door and have a bolt on the side of the door toward

the mistress of the house can close

will.

Another thing

to place a strong spring it

closed.

The windows

this

that

There

door which would always keep

in this kitchen

a place for a gas-stove

dows, or even under them of the kitchen

desirable.

may be enclosed

should be placed about

may be

placed under

between the two win-

The porch

with lattice work,

at the rear or,

better, coarse louvered slats, like those of a shutter.

event,

could be covered with screen wire, and

the kitchen in summer.

and keep

might be done would be

three feet from the floor, so that tables

them.

it,

made

what

In either a part of

In the plan, however, nothing of this

CONVENIENT HOUSES.

144 kind

The door which

indicated.

the pantry

leads from the porch into

a small one, placed above the ice-chest, and

for

the use of the ice-man.

The arrangement

of rooms upstairs will be readily under-

Leading out of the

stood.

hall is

a store closet for bedding,

-Php^o\2etc.

located so as to be accessible from

all

From

rooms.

the front end of the hall a door leads into the stair passage to the

attic.

Plan No. 12 a

lift

the outgrowth of Plan No.

running from

tant difference

cellar to attic, as

between

and No.

Cost, as per schedule " B,'' $2,600.

page

147.

1 1

shown. in

there

The only impor-

the size of the library.

Fig. 14

an elevation

see

CHAPTER WHAT CAN BE DONE FOR $1,600? A SMALL CONVENIENT KITCHEN.

THIS house â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Plan and

well,

and

The

parlor.

work begins two

THE CLOSET CLOSETS IN

â&#x20AC;&#x201D; was

IN THE HALL. THE BEDROOMS.

finished at a cost of less

This included, besides the house

than $1,600.

woodshed,

No. 13

XXI.

cistern.

There

itself,

a cellar under the hall

building has a brick foundation, and the wood-

The

above the grade.

feet

exterior are lined,

first

stud-walls of the

with dressed sheathing, then with heavy

The

building-paper, and finally covered with weather-boarding. first

and second

of joists are two by ten inches

tiers

;

ing-joists of the

second story are two by eight inches.

the studding

two by four inches.

frames with is

ten

feet

and cotton

iron weights

ceil-

All ol

The windows have box The first story cords.

high, the second eight and

details of construction are

the

These

half feet.

mentioned so that any one interested

may know that it is a substantial, well-constructed building. The interior finish is of pine, part of which is varnished and the remainder stained and varnished. The front door and stairway are of quartered oak.

The high

front porch

roof

over

it,

io| feet wide and

as will

has a

be seen by the elevation.

The

*]\

feet deep.

entrance, being at one side of the porch, gives

steps

available

warm weather. The hall The stairway has first two feet wide and \o\ feet long. to a broad landing, and then a continuous movement to

space for uninterrupted use during the is

*45

CONVENIENT HOUSES.

146 the second floor.

this

making the approach more left

landing were reduced direct, say

size

turning directly to the

one enters the door and going through a landing the

width of the stairway before making the general ascent, there

would be more available room in

the

drawing, because

in is

the the

It is shown this way way the house was built.

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a closet in this hall.

without a closet on the

first floor,

but

it is

built

certainly better that

one be provided.

will

be seen, there are three rooms on the

four and a bath on the second.

because there

It is

no waste space, and

accessible without extra steps.

energy and waste of money

floor,

and

an easy house to care

for,

all

first

the rooms are readily

Waste room means waste of

more ways than one

â&#x20AC;&#x201D; waste not

PLANS OF FIFTY CONVENIENT HOUSES.

only as to the unnecessary expenditure in the cost of building,

but

and

carpets,

in the labor of

sweeping and caring

for

them. In the parlor at the right of the hall are two grate

;

one window

dining-room

and the other

in front

similarly equipped.

which connects with the table

in the

windows and a

at the

The

side.

has a large china-closet

kitchen by

means of a

slide.

F^Kh There

also a

door between the kitchen and dining-room.

Eleven by twelve and a half availability of kitchen

its

space

feet is

not large for a kitchen.

The

not entirely dependent, however,

dimensions, but rather upon the disposition of the wall-

space and the conveniences which have to do with a kitchen. It

will

stove

be seen that there near the

flue

a space for the kitchen-range or

which does not

any other part of the kitchen.

conflict with the

Also there

use of

a space between

CONVENIENT HOUSES.

148

the door which leads into the pantry and an outside wall which

gives

place

utensils.

The

safe

for

It is

may

kitchen-safe, which

out of the

way and

hold the kitchen

yet convenient to the range.

might be placed opposite the tables

of the kitchen,

The

thought desirable.

placed about three feet above the

at the other

kitchen

end

window

This gives wall-space

floor.

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kettles, etc.,

a safe

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hot used, a cabinet, to contain pots,

can be placed there.

The pantry

quite convenient to the kitchen.

There

enclosed cupboard on one side which has doors and shelves

above and below, and wall

the recess next to the dining-room

a place for open shelves.

dough-board and a place

for flour.

to the cellar.

It will

pantry and

which makes

hall,

Near the pantry window Here,

be seen that there it

entrance

a door between the

possible to pass from the kitchen

to the stairway or from the kitchen

going through other rooms.

also, is the

the front hall without

The enclosed cupboard

the

PLANS OF FIFTY CONVENIENT HOUSES. pantry makes

possible to keep

always

tidy.

149

There

glazed door in the rear of the kitchen. It

may be

noticed that there

or swept on the second floor.

window

This

wash-stand. capacity.

where

There

well lighted by a

floor.

least a choice of

a dressing-case

here one can go into any of the

the bedrooms,

convenient place for bedroom furniture is

hall

From

at the side.

rooms on the second

not a large hall to be carpeted

two places will

for

in all

of them.

There

each bed, a space for

get the best

a closet

there

each

light,

and room

for a

bedroom, of ample

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No. 10 shows the exterior of

13.

No. 14

Plan

Fig.

lettered parlor

another edition of Plan

By dispensing

properly a sitting-room.

The room

15.

with

the grate in the reception-hall this house could be built, as

was

one time, with a stairway meeting the one coming up

from the dining-room and passing from thence to the second floor.

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elevation

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roof,

without appurtenances, can be finished for $1,500. Fig. 15

an elevation of Plans No. 14 and

15.

Plans No. 13 and 15 belong to the same class.

more elaborate

room one passes

its

details,

the

and

landing where

coming up from the kitchen.

From thence

passage to the second

floor.

From

larger. it

No. the

sitting-

meets a stairway

there

this floor are

common

four bedrooms,

PLANS OF FIFTY CONVENIENT HOUSES. One

a bath-room, and a liberal supply of closets.

chambers is

one

cellar

and

of the front

supplied with two, and the hall with two.

the bath-room, and each of the other rooms. attic

of this house are plastered.

The

No. 16

an elevation of Plan No.

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15.

There

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building, with-

out appurtenances, as per schedule " B," cost $2,550. Fig.

151

CHAPTER

XXII.

EVERYTHING COUNTS AS A ROOM. OUTGROWTHS OF ONE IDEA. CONVENIENCES OF A CONDENSED HOUSE. ONE CHIMNEY. COST FROM $1,600 TO $2,800.

PLANS

Nos.

idea.

that

more than

sum

Twelve

many

on the second

of money.

for a

16 there

space

made

this general

for a relatively

count for a room.

made

kind were

made

purpose of indicating

for the

its

look through No. 16 with some respect to

will

flues in the three principal

two grates with their other points of

economy

rooms on the

on the second

flues

for

This

popularity.

detail.

There are three grates with inde-

a one-chimney plan.

pendent

the entire

This plan was devised

roomy house

not

owners of houses during one season.

different

It is

In No.

floor.

Everything

sets of plans of

statement

outgrowths of the same

all

in this collection.

under an extraordinary pressure small

8 are

forty-eight square feet of hall

This

house.

and

the most economical general scheme for a house

It is

represented

17,

floor.

first floor,

One among

the stairway arrangement.

combination, front, rear, and cellar

There

compact form.

all in

and

are two doors between the kitchen and the landing of the main stairway.

In this respect

which have been described. to the

like other

The

front

same landing, and from thence

front stairway

provided with a

one from the kitchen portieres

combination stairways

and rear stairway come

to the second floor.

railing, baluster, etc.,

within an enclosure.

and the

There may be

between the landing and the reception-hall. 152

The

Thus one

PLANS OF FIFTY CONVENIENT HOUSES.

J53

may

pass from the kitchen to the second floor without coming-

into

view from

this

the main stairway. in in

The cellar stairway goes down under The combination idea is carried out again

room.

the pantry and china-closet. detail are fully described

This pantry and

Chapter

VI.,

its

and

arrangement illustrated

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The

Fig. 4.

vestibule next to the reception-hall

the

one

referred to in Chapter V.

On which

the second floor are four is

bedrooms and a bath-room,

immediately over the kitchen.

There

a straight run

of pipe in a pipe duct on the inside wall. Fig.

a photographic view of the exterior.

ultra shingle design.

154

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155

Fig. 19 of Plan

17.

18.

No. 17

worked then

the house in which the general plan was

out, and, in

some

respects,

an experimental stage.

moderate

size

this plan,

shows

However,

whereas No. 16

first

that the idea

was

indicates a house of

a large house.

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the small size of the

times as a rental house.

one instance,

for five

same

plan.

With the furnace

hundred

has been built it

dollars a year.

under

many

lease, in

In other cases,

without a furnace but including plumbing with the use of city

water only, the rent

thirty-five dollars a

month.

Any of

these

plans can be worked into a double house by putting the bath-

room on

the outside, and adding to the

amount of window space

CONVENIENT HOUSES.

156 front

and

rear.

The

following-

nances, as per schedule

No.

16, as a

" :

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list

of costs, without appurte-

shingle house, $2,800;

No.

17,

$2,200;

No.

18, $1,600.

The Other

latter

sizes

figure

includes

soft-wood

finish

throughout.

of this house have been built where the general

construction aggregated $2,400.

CHAPTER

XXIII.

DESCRIPTION OF FLOOR PLANS.

ONE-STORY PLANS.

BATH-ROOM NEXT TO KITCHEN FLUE. KITCHEN, PORCH, AND PANTRY. THE EXTERIOR. ENLARGEMENTS ON THIS PLAN. OTHER ONESTORY HOUSES.

THIS is

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house

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No. 19

a one-story cottage, containing five rooms, a bath-room,

Such a house

and a pantry.

young people of mod-

suited to

where there are no

erate means, or possibly to older ones,

dren, or

built for $1,400.

where the housekeeper does her own work.

seen that

the porch

pass into a

by throwing

larger

From

the sitting-room. parlor or the

It will

gives more of the conveniences of a larger house

than are usually found in a cottage of this

From be made

chil-

into

vestibule,

little

which might

the closet which opens from

we go

the vestibule

sitting-room.

size.

either into the

This parlor could be used as the

living-room of the house, and the sitting-room as the dining-

room, and

still

meet

all

the conditions of

Off from the sitting-room

a projection, which could be very

comfortably arranged as a window-seat.

such during winter.

warm

good housekeeping.

weather,

and

room

the corner of this

connected with the kitchen by a

slide.

place

bedroom

prefer to have a

a large closet.

window

It is

at this point, 157

for

plants

a closet, which

may be

There are sliding doors

between the sitting-room and the bedroom. of the

could be used as

In the front part

possible that

many would

and have a smaller closet

CONVENIENT HOUSES.

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elsewhere

The

say, in the corner next to the sliding-door partition.

;

placing of a closet next to the rear wall would leave no

place for a bed as the rooms are

now

arranged.

door

If the

from the parlor to the bedroom were omitted the head of the

bed might be placed against the sliding-door

partition,

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bedroom, with an opening leading

bedroom.

the sitting-room, or from the front bedroom,

into a

little

room,

hall

the

;

and from the

rear

bedroom.

Over each of the

leading into this hall there should be a transom

be well lighted.

The

placing of the hall in this

of the rooms surrounding

pass

hall into the kitchen, the bath-

;

five

thus

doors

would

way makes

independently accessible.

The

all

rear

PLANS OF FIFTY CONVENIENT HOUSES.

necessary furniture.

always dependent upon

The

its size.

room may be

this flue,

would

conditions

bedroom may

all

frequently

be short

;

they

Hence

wall.

There

freezing.

here arranged, the

and on the inside

against

This

flue.

the kitchen flue

pipe connections with the bath-tub would

be near

and yet

large,

large

to the kitchen

the last one in the house to get cool.

all

not

This bedroom has a large one.

closet.

The bath-room comes next important when we consider that

would

bedroom

availability of a

not contain wall space for the furniture.

have a small

a place for a bed, a large closet, and a wall space

bedroom has for

the

a hollow

thimble in the pipe connections between the kitchen flue and the bedroom.

The bath-room might connect with

or flue-stack.

Connecting with the bath-room there

linen-closet,

which

bed-clothes.

the closet-door

There

set

window

will

under

it.

be plainly

in view.

one side of the kitchen, which

floor,

so as to admit of a

the kitchen stove were placed

next the wall separating the kitchen and sitting-room,

be piped across to the kitchen

flue,

wall space adjacent to that flue

kitchen sink.

At one

This would bring

side of this sink could

cistern-pump

and

that

way

all

the plumbing

work

could

leave the

and near the bath-tub

for the

together.

be placed a well-pump, and a

at the other.

In the rear of the kitchen are a porch and a pantry.

down

when

near the bath-room window, so that

should be placed three feet from the table being

a large

about the proper size and form for folded

open the contents

a large

the same flue

cellar directly

from the kitchen.

Over the headway of

the cellar stairs could be placed a closet for various stores, such as

canned

fruit.

This

closet,

with the pantry, as shown.

of course, would be connected

The

necessity for head

room

CONVENIENT HOUSES.

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going

would make

into the cellar

necessary to place the floor

of this closet three or four feet above the pantry

floor.

the side of the pantry opposite this closet are two cup-

There

boards, with doors and shelves above and below.

place for a flour-bin or flour-barrel under the dough-board, and

space for an ice-box next to

This box should have a drain

it.

connecting with the outside.

intended to have the cellar

It is

under the kitchen and bath-room,

though

extended

might

under the sitting-room

also.

This

part of the cellar might be used as

and thus

fuel-room,

dis-

pense with wood and coal sheds. f5-

With

the fuel and water in the

house, the housekeeper would be FRONT ELEVATION.

saved kitchen sink

provided,

Where

much work.

would be unnecessary even

to carry

out the dish-water.

There are two flue-stacks

in this building.

base-burner

would warm the sitting-room and bedroom and temper the air of A grate fire in the parlor would complete the work the parlor. of heating that room.

The

cut of the exterior, Fig. 20,

tells

its

own

story.

porch has turned columns, and a frieze decorated with work.

The window

seat

may have

window

The scroll-

each end, as

shown

in the floor-plan, or panels, as indicated in the elevation.

There

a gable at the side and over the

extends the

full

Plan No.

appurtenances

window

seat,

which

width of the sitting-room.

20 it

Plan No. 21

a development of Plan No. 19.

Without

cost $1,200. is

an enlargement of No.

19.

The pantry

PLANS OF FIFTY CONVENIENT HOUSES. and china-room are arranged

cathedral

The doors

differently.

china-room are glazed

the

into

161

leading

upper panels with

their

This obscures the view, and gives sufficient

glass.

These doors were hung on double-spring hinges, so frequently mentioned. Over the dining-room and chamber are

light.

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two finished bedrooms.

They

are arranged in the high part

of the roof, and, with dormers, would have only a small part of the upper corners clipped. There are two grates more than

shown

Plan

No.

19.

The

stairway

arrangement may be

reversed, so that one goes to the second

rather than from the kitchen.

from the

hall

This house cost, with two

fin-

floor

CONVENIENT HOUSES.

l62

ished rooms on the second floor, without appurtenances, as per

schedule " B," $1700.

The gable

Plan No. 22 can be built and finished for $800.

arrangement would be about the same as Plan No. 23 was

built,

in Fig.

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20.

including everything that went on

to the lot, for $1,600.

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One-story houses cost more

for

the accommodations which

they afford than two-story buildings, for the reason that

same foundation and roof

the

does In

for

fact,

one of two it

for a

stories of the

usually takes

takes

one-story house that

same area on the

more foundation and roof

first

floor.

for a one-

FLANS OF FIFTY CONVENIENT HOUSES. story house than

does

for a

16-

two-story, for the reason that

covers more ground space than would be required for the same or a larger

No.

There

number of rooms

26.

This

in the

peculiar

two

type

floors.

of a

a servant's room over the kitchen.

one-story house. It

a very com-

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bedrooms. lower

floor.

There

The

satisfactory. is

The bath-room a grate in

i.=)^F"lcai-

stands between the two

each of the

rooms on the

kitchen-sink arrangements are not altogether a plan which will never be very popular.

designed to be finished with shingles for the outside

The

structure will

schedule " B."

cost about

two thousand

dollars,

wall.

per

CHAPTER

PLANS WITH BEDROOM ON FIRST FLOOR.

SIDE-HALL PLANS.

PLAN No.

XXIV.

a side-hall plan with a

bedroom on the

first

The parlor and sitting-room have views directly to The dining-room has a bay end, and a good china-

floor.

the front.

There

passage to the kitchen.

good many people

desired by a

a rear side-hall which

building a large house.

the second floor are four principal chambers, which are entirely cut off from the rear bedroom, hall.

The bath-room

by bolting a door

into the rear

measurably detached from the rest of

the house, which fact will have the quality of satisfying people

who

suspicious of

are

appurtenances, according

thousand

This building, without

plumbing.

all

schedule

" B,"

cost

about three

dollars.

Plan No. 28 has over two hundred dollars' worth of porch attached to In

front.

it.

It is

a side-hall plan, with the entrance to the

the combination stair idea

carried out in a

but not before illustrated.

previously

mentioned,

stairway

direct as to the servant's

The

way rear

room, and combined with

the central stairway only for entrance to the main part of the

house on the second first floor

tain

change closets

The arrangement

this plan suitable for

a small way.

made

makes

floor.

This

of rooms on the

use by people

who

enter-

the plan to which reference

the special kitchen article, excepting that there in

the position of the cellar stairway.

and a wash-stand

in the hall 164

There are two

which connects the kitchen

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This building, without appurtenances, as per

and sitting-room.

schedule " B," cost between $2,800 and $2,900. In Plan No. 29 the hall

The stairway shown at the rear

in front, yet the

at the rear

end of the

entrance

hall.

at the

little

door

side.

of the vestibule, leading under the stairway.

The

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high enough to use as a

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place to store a baby carriage or a small tricycle.

ment of the entrance and the hall as a

room.

Opposite

sitting-room.

a double railing

part of the stairway

a grate.

There

There are

little

change

arrange-

admits of the use of the

In the house as constructed, there

seat in the octagon end. into the hall.

stairs

The

window

coming down

open on each

also grates in the in the

side.

parlor and

kitchen arrangement, a

PLANS OF FIFTY CONVENIENT HOUSES. bedroom could be placed back of the and

cellar stairway

The

as now. if

desired,

way space

kitchen would have to be a

little

for a

room, and the rear

would occupy measurably the same position

might be longer.

be pushed a

sitting

167

little

The pantry and

to the left of

narrower, and,

kitchen could both

where they now stand.

bedroom could be provided back of the

room, with possibly only a small projection to the

In this

sitting-

right.

The

rear vestibule could be cut out of the corner of the bedroom.

prevent this from injuring the appearance of the room, a

corresponding space, to the

left

this

vestibule,

could

arranged into passage and closets for the bedroom and room.

In this event the rear

the rear kitchen wall.

bedroom

Attention

wall

sitting-

would extend past

called to

the size of the

CONVENIENT HOUSES.

on the second

closets

There

covered with shingles dipped

stain.

a mild form of octagon tower over the front chamber.

building, as here planned, cost $2,600, without the appur-

tenances mentioned

No.

schedule " B."

Plans with bedrooms on the

30.

increases the

number

leaves a less

number

of rooms on the to

first floor

deal of waste.

There

with water supply over slops

down

Fief.

stairs. is

floor are fre-

first floor,

and oftentimes

be provided on the second

plan, including the bath

rooms on the

first

This requirement makes an ugly problem.

quently wanted.

this

The

a large attic over the front part of this house.

entire side walls are

The

a slightly different arrangement

bath-room an additional bedroom could be provided.

of the

There

floor.

story.

and reception-hall, there are

In six

and three on the second, hence a good is

a sink in the rear hall, second floor,

it,

to obviate

Cost of building

an elevation.

the necessity of carrying in brick, $3,000.

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No. 31.

somewhat

27, but

the

room on the

little

tion-hall

floor.

of the

same general character

contracted. stair landing, a

There

a wash-stand in

few steps above the recep-

This building, without appurtenances,

$2,400, as per schedule " B." Fig. 22

as No.

an elevation of

this plan.

cost

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many people

front.

there are a large

manner

like a side-hall entrance, as well as

Plan No. 32 gives

number

of the second floor.

the second floor

The rear stairway comes servant's room from the front

of bedrooms.

to separate the

part of the house.

it.

double store-closet

The

shown on the

front part of this closet

may be

rear left

The bath-room in water pipes as they come

unlocked and the other portion made secure. the rear has direct connection with the

up from the kitchen. for furniture.

ule " B,"

was

bedrooms have the proper plan

All the

This house, without appurtenances, as per schedbuilt for

about $4,000.

Plan No. 33 was used three times in one season, in slightly differing forms, at a cost varying from $2,800 to $3,600, without

appurtenances, as per schedule " B." space

not an economical house.

arrangement of rooms on the

first

In the matter of floor It

floor.

bedrooms and a bath-room on the second is

Plan No. 34. is

This

convenient and satisfactory.

The 171

five

The

floor.

good

rear part

projecting

shown.

another plan that was

an economical arrangement, and,

a very pretty

There are

measurably separated from the front by a door.

bay window from the family bedroom

makes

made

many

to order.

respects, very

single stairway, passing from

CONVENIENT HOUSES.

172

the dining-room, will be the least satisfactory feature about the

However, the idea

whole house to the majority of people. this

connection

good one.

Furthermore,

penses entirely with the

hall.

from a room which

be used

will

economical

less

this

in that

dis-

stairway starts

than any on the

first floor.

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will

be inconvenienced by the use of the dining-

as a hall.

Part of this stairway goes into

ing to the kitchen. this

=3 B ss!r^

house are very

hall

lead-

The china-room and pantry arrangements satisfactory.

bedrooms and a bath-room.

The

the second floor are five

hall

lighted by a

dormer

PLANS OF FIFTY CONVENIENT HOUSES.

*73

This building without appurtenances, would

over the stairway.

cost about $2,500, as per schedule " B."

Plan No. 35

which ment.

a house with a side entrance for small boys,

sometimes wanted.

This plan meets such a require-

In the rear hall a coat closet

provided

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stairway.

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The

bule furniture.

music- room. the kitchen.

F^ocrrr

vestibule in front of the reception-hall

ciently large to admit of the placing of hat rack

satisfactory to

also a rear

;

all.

stairway

There actual

The second

and other

vesti-

a pretty feature, though not

a closet in connection with

construction floor

is suffi-

as per schedule " B," for $2,500.

the

one was provided from

self-explanatory.

was

built,

CONVENIENT HOUSES.

174

The requirements of the occupants of this peculiar. A large number of bedrooms are required.

Plan No. 36. building are

Other than bath and bedrooms, there are only the dining-room, parlor,

and kitchen.

One

stairway.

There

cellar.

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a combination

run starts from the front, and the other from the

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Cost

of this building, $2,000, as per schedule " B." In No. 37 the stairway

back of the reception-hall.

distinctively in the centre of the house, all

rooms.

There

and

It is

accessible from

a passage through two doors from the

kitchen to the front part of the house.

There

also the usual

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176

pantry passage.

rooms,

linen

the second floor there are four

closet,

The

and a bath-room.

building, without appurtenances,

good bed-

cost

of the

would be about $2,100, as per

schedule " B." Plan

house

No. 38

The

another square, one-chimney plan.

broad enough so that

gives a

little

better bath-room

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great drawback to this house

and that

down under

the main

Plan No. 39. floor. is

The

front.

hall

a cellar

that there

plans.

The

only one stairway,

wanted, the stairway can go

stairs.

This plan has six bedrooms on the second

on the

a projecting bay

stairway.

some of the narrower

first floor

has two closets

window from

the

first

in front.

There

landing of the front

PLANS OF FIFTY CONVENIENT HOUSES. This house was built for a minister.

shown.

Projecting- from

large fireplace.

a window-seat.

The dining-room

part of the house

by a

The

177

room

library

one side

separated from the front

Both sitting-room and dining-room

hall.

have bay ends of a form to give a view to the street

front.

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side-hall

dining-room.

There

servant's

communicates with the kitchen as well as the In this hall

attic is plastered.

a closet, presumably for the boys.

a liberal supply of closets on the second floor.

room

schedule

cut off from the other part of the house.

The

This building, without appurtenances described

" B," cost

$3,500.

CONVENIENT HOUSES.

Plan No. 40. thing"

which

concerned.

will It

The rear hall with the commend this house, as an old-style plan, and

side entrance far as its floor is

the

plan

wasteful of room.

building cost about $3,100, as per schedule " B."

The

Plan No. 41

The

an eight-room house with a simple stairway.

outside walls are of brick.

The

has a side entrance.

.xpcJ FTpor-.

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a fairly

good one.

opening from the

the second floor.

The

hall.

There are two

There

closets

on the

first

an abundant supply on

building cost $3,400, as per schedule

" B."

Plan No. 42 belongs to the centre hall type, which

common now

than

in years past.

The

less

parlor, as here lettered,

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i8o in

reality the sitting-room.

shown on the

In each of the four principal rooms a grate

floor.

A bedroom

hall

communicating with the second

shown

the rear.

The

indicated.

from the

floor

cellar

and china-closet

kitchen, pantry,

arrangements are such as have been

first

fully described

other

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side-porch, next to the

pantry, affords

of putting ice into the refrigerator without coming

room.

The

reception- hall

closets are to this

and a bath-room and

shown on the second

floor

into

the

and dining-room are connected by

Five bedrooms

sliding doors.

means

broad and easy.

floor.

The

details

front

liberal

stairway

of the exterior

of this structure were carefully rendered, and the appearance

PLANS OF FIFTY CONVENIENT Houses. altogether satisfactory.

shown.

outline

Small gables, similar

show from the

sides.

The

iSl

drawing of the front

design to the one

in front,

building, according to schedule " B,"

cost $2,800, without the appurtenances.

CHAPTER EIGHT

EACH

PLANS.

DOUBLE

A BRICK HOUSE.

HOUSE.

PLAN

TO FAMILY REQUIREMENTS. ELABORATE FLOOR PLAN. A SHINGLE

SUITED

HOUSES.

XXVI.

No. 43, while not economical as to arrangement,

who own

it.

well suited to the requirements of the people

There are no children.

The

cost of the building

;

would be about $2,200.

This house was

they are very long.

front

lady does not employ a servant.

Double houses are not easy

Plan No. 44.

and the other

The

to rent.

built,

one part

centre partition

that

is,

lined

which makes

it,

the side.

on both sides with sheathing

sheathing with dovetails cut into

ing will stick to

to live in

an entrance to the

living part has

and the rental part one, removed from

The

where

to plan

it,

;

so that the plaster-

solid, and, to

lath

a certain extent,

The lettering of the plan clearly indicates The cost, without appurtenances, as by sched-

deadens the sound. its

arrangement.

ule " B,"

$5,000.

of the plans given that are only two rooms deep

may

be made into double houses by enlarging the amount of window space front and rear, and placing the bath-room side of the

house on the exposed Plan No. 45.

side.

This gives direct

This house

having about seventy

built

feet frontage.

give two entirely independent rooms closet

the

hall.

From

here

The

on a

light.

plat

side-hall

in front.

of ground

arrangements

There

a good

pass to the dining-room,

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PLANS OF FIFTY CONVENIENT HOUSES. library, or parlor,

and

second

to the

floor.

Only one stairway

The pantry and china arrangements

used.

are

enter the cellar stairway from the pantry passage. is

shown.

The

kitchen

planned according to the general principles previously set

forth.

the second floor are four bedrooms and a bath-room.

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Each room, including the there in

a linen closet in the

which there

bath, hall.

supplied with closets, and

stairway leads to the

an abundance of room

should they be needed.

The

for other

attic,

chambers,

building, without appurtenances,

according to schedule " B," cost $2,100.

Fig. 24

a photo-

graphic view of exterior. Plan No. 46

not greatly different in

its

general arrange-

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PLANS OF FIFTY CONVENIENT HOUSES. ment from others are

been shown.

that have

more complete, and

it is

The

very satisfactory.

vestibule arrangement in the

There

open stairway running out of

a window-seat under the

The china-room arrangement

stairs.

however,

details,

generally more satisfactory than other

houses of the same type. front hall

The

1S 5

convenient.

to the rear of the

second

has an story.

^ocpNcH 6 There

a laundry in the basement,

second

and large closets on the

floor.

Fig.

Cost, as

an elevation.

by schedule

Plan 47.

has a porch

" B."

a very picturesque house.

$3,400.

This house was designed for a west frontage. in front, a

pagoda extension on the south

a carriage-porch on the north side.

doors and double inside doors.

fifteen

feet in the clear.

There are a

The

At one

side,

set of

and

storm

reception-hall

thirteen

side of- this hall

a grate.

CONVENIENT HOUSES.

i86

There

an archway over the front window.

shown

the mantel are

each side of

which may be treated as a part

seats,

thereof.

The

may be

stairway

separated from

seen from this reception -hall.

merely by an open-work screen.

connects with the reception-hall by sliding doors.

window

The

in front,

There

sitting-room and parlor, is

a bay

parlor

has a large

sliding doors,

a similar sliding door connecting the stair-

and sitting-room.

There

at the side.

parlor connects with the sitting-room

as shown. hall

and two smaller ones

The

end

Thus

the reception-hall and stair-hall,

may be thrown at the

together.

south side of the sitting-room.

Sliding doors are not indicated between the dining-room and sitting-room, or between the dining-room

be so placed,

desired.

and

hall.

They could

PLANS OF FIFTY CONVENIENT HOUSES. There are two doors from the sitting-room room, one on each side of the

wall space in the dining-room that these doors

of the way.

The

to the dinino--

There

fireplace.

I8 7

may be

library connects with the stair-hall

sufficient

folded out

and rear hall.

Plan No. 47.

Gcvi-r

c*pe-

is^lPHoot-.

There

a large closet

room under the

stairway.

it is

small closet, and places for a chest of drawers, and a wash-stand.

This would be particularly useful

case the library were to be

used as a bedroom.

There

a door separating the rear from the front

hall.

CONVENIENT HOUSES.

There are two doors between the kitchen and the rear hall. passageway between these doors is lighted by a window.

The

The sideboard in the dining-room is built into one end of The windows are placed about five feet above the this room. floor,

and would look well of stained

The kitchen sink,

table,

sixteen

and

drain,

by sixteen

table,

In the china-closet

named.

There

table.

glass.

an extension of the last-named

a slide which cuts off communication between

when

this table

In the china-closet are another sink, table, for

washing and caring

one does not care

There

good

shown two

are

one side are a

arranged as here

successively

the china-closet and the kitchen

used

feet.

etc.,

not in use.

which could be

and

for the china, glass,

silver that

to take into the kitchen.

Back of the range

ventilation in the kitchen.

flues.

dry-box

placed on a level with the

top of the range, and has openings in the bottom and into the In this way, any articles

Hue.

placed therein will be readily

The warm

dried and ventilated.

through die box and into the

from the range passes

air

flue.

In the pantry are a dough-board and flour-bins, a cupboard for stores,

and one

for utensils.

There

or refrigerator next to the rear porch.

space for an ice-box

has a drain connection

with the outside.

The landing ing, as

of the front stairway

The

shown.

the rear hall.

rear stairway

is in

separated by a door from

In the bedrooms, the beds, dressing-cases, and

wash-stands are indicated on the plan.

The

front

chamber has

Each room can be entered from the without going through any other room. There is a grate

a circular hall

the front of the build-

window

each chamber.

front

in front.

The

closets are

all

very large

;

each of the

rooms they are three and one-half by four and one-half

PLANS OF FIFTY CONVENIENT HOUSES. feet.

In the south-side chambers one

four feet, and the other

there In

all

four

a large closet which

closets

hooks, shelves,

this

by four

floor there

three and one-half by In the rear hall

feet.

may be used

189

for general purposes.

abundant room

for drawers,

etc.

The bath-room arrangement

somewhat

different

from that

-A^Tsro.^e

in general use.

It will

be noticed that the water-closet

rated from the bath-room proper, though connected with a door. closet

One

can enter either the bath-room or this water-

room from the

closet in

sepa-

rear hall.

In the bath-room

a large

which may be arranged a chest of drawers, and,

desired, a ventilated receptacle for soiled linen.

lighted by a window.

This closet

Cost, as by schedule " B," $10,000.

CONVENIENT HOUSES.

190 Plan No. 48

who

the people is

of a house well suited to the requirements of

live in

Fig. 26

it.

a view of the exterior.

a shingle house of a severe type.

combination of brick and stone.

The

side projection

It is

Cost, without appurtenances,

$3,400.

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$3,400. front

finished

both stories

and rear stairway, and a side entrance.

contains four grates.

any plan

closet

and 28 are elevations.

servatory at the side of,

The

hard^ wood, has a

arrangement

central is

chimney

good

as in

in this collection.

Figs. 27

part

the porch.

Fig. 28

shows how the con-

finished so as to appear with,

and as a

w D

PLANS OF FIFTY CONVENIENT HOUSES.

f^DJpt

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191

CONVENIENT HOUSES.

192

This

Plan No. 50.

a plan of a brick house, built, with-

out appurtenances, as per schedule " B," for $10,000.

The

external walls are of selected dark cherry red brick, laid in red

The

mortar.

stone work, where exposed above grade,

Ohio red sandstone, quarry the exterior.

The

general style of design

Red sandstone

trusive.

There

face.

selected to

Plan

very is

little

detail

quiet and unob-

go with the brick-work

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order to present a solid mass of color, rather than a varia-

tion

between a

complete parlor

;

rear

all is

the

all

stone and

liofht its

details

;

the attic

of quartered oak. hall,

interior

finished as well as the

Over the

balcony.

The

brick work.

butler's pantry, in the

Above

this

balcony

large window, twelve feet wide and ten feet high, divided with

narrow mullions, and glazed with glass.

At one

side

of the

hall

panelled wood-work above to ceiling. are

wainscoted to the

height

patterns

artistic

of six

large

The feet

of stained

fireplace,

with

sides of the hall

with

small panels.

PLANS OF FIFTY CONVENIENT HOUSES. The

ceiling

the

same

The dining-room and

of oak.

as hall, with

oak ceiling omitted.

19:

library are finished

Other

details of

the plan, in the light of what has been said in previous chapters,

are

the

self-explanatory.

general

principles

arranged so that

room

all

All set

Fig.

29.

forth.

The

butler's pantry

china and glassware are cared for

rather than in the kitchen.

this plan.

has been planned according

Fig. 29

in that

an exterior view of