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SOUT[IKRN OR PLAXTATION HOUSE. 



largcd; but the plr.ntcr on five ]iunclied, or five thousand acres of land can here be suf- 

 ficienl!}- acconiinod;ited in all the reasonable indulgences of famil}' enjoyment, and a libe- 

 lal, even an elegant and prolonged liospitality, to which he is so generally inclined. 



The chimneys of this house, different from those in the previous designs, are placed 

 next the outer walls, thus giving more space to the interior, and not being required, as in 

 the others, to promote additional warmth than their fireplaces will give, to the rooms. A 

 deck on the roof affords a pleasant look-out for the family fi'om its top, guarded by a 

 parapet, and giving a linish to its architectural appearance, and yet making no ambitious 

 attempt at expensive ornament. It is, in foct, a plain, substantial, respectable mansion 

 for a gentleman of good estate, and nothing beyond it. 



TnteiuokArrangemrnt. — This house stands 

 50 by 40 feet on the ground. The front door 

 opens from the veranda into a hall, 24 by 14 feet, 

 in which is a flight of stairs leading to thecham- 

 bers above. On the left a door leads into a li- 

 brary, or business room, 17 by 17 feet, lighted 

 by three windows. A fire jilace is inserted in 

 the outer wall. Another dooi- lead.s into a side 

 hall, six feet wide, which separates the library 

 from the dining-room, which is also 17 by 17 

 feet in area, lighted and accommodated with a 

 fireplace like the other, with a door leading into 

 it from the side hall, and another door at the 

 further right hand corner leading into the rear 

 hall, or entrj'. 



On the riglit of the chief entrance hall, oppo- 

 site the librar}'-, a door opens into the 

 parlor or drawing-room, 23 by 19 

 feet in area, lighted by three windows, 

 and having a fireplace in the side 

 wall. A door leads from the rear 

 side of the parlor into a commodious 

 nurserj-, or family bedi'oom, 19 by 16 

 feet in size, lighted by a window in 

 each outer wall. A fire place is also 

 inserted on the same line as in the 

 parlor. From the nurserj' a door 

 leads into and through a large closet, 



9 by 7 feet, into the rear hall. This i_ « ^^^ jj 



closet may also be use.d as a sleeping ground plan. 



room for the children, or a confidential servant maid, or nurse, or devoted to the storage 

 of bed linen for family use. Further on, adjoining, is another closet, 7 by 6 feet, opening 

 from the rear hall, and lighted b}' a window. 



Leading from the outer door of the rear hall is a covered passage six feet wide, IG feet 

 long, and one and a half stories high, leading to the kitchen offices, and lighted by a win- 

 dow on the left, with a door opening iu the same side beyond, on the side front of the 

 establishment. On the right, opposite, a door leads on to the kitchen porch, which is 



