We follow here with another design of a story-and-a-half house, the first floor plan being seen in Fig. 13, and a fine perspective of the front and one side in Fig. 14, showing the house and lawn as they actually appear when completed. This building is not so high as the one last described, the posts being 14 feet, making the rooms on first floor nine feet, and on the second, four feet and six inches at the side, and eight feet six inches in the center of the room. For the difference in cost we would not recommend a house with rooms so low. The outside, while decidedly plain, possesses something that commands attention.

The broad, sheltering cornice gives to it the appearance of ample protection from sun and storm; the hooded windows in front and inviting porticoes with climbing vines lend to it a charm which must impress one that the inmates of a home like this should enjoy their share of worldly blessings, such as belong only to those who have worked hard and perhaps long to come into possession of such a place.

Fig. 13.

The outside walls are covered with clapboards, and the roofs, including hood and porticoes, are all shingled.

The first floor plan, Fig. 13, shows; 1 and 5, porticoes, 1 opening into front staircase hall, and 5 into parlor 3, which is 15 ft. square; this is connected with hall 2, 9x14 ft., with a neat staircase to second floor and closet underneath.

Fig. 14.

From the parlor is a room for library 4, 11x14 ft., with door to sitting-room 6, 15x16 ft., with double window in the rear, also door to hall and to kitchen 7, 9x16 ft., and back of this, pantry 8, 5x9 ft.

On the second floor there are three good rooms, one over parlor and one over sitting-room, with a hall running crosswise of the building, from where the stairs land to the room over the library. These rooms are all lighted from windows in the gables, and each room is supplied with a commodious closet.

At the present price of all kinds of material and labor, this building can be erected for about $900.00.