SOLON ROBINSON, 1845 555 



all the upright timber being very light, and held together 

 by nails, it being sheeted upon the studs under the clap 

 boards, is very stiff, and just as good and far cheaper 

 than ordinary frames. 



I would have a lawn in front, with shrubbery, and an 

 orchard on the side opposite the garden. Between the 

 garden and the house should be a road to the rear 

 buildings, and between this road and the house I would 

 have a strip of green sward ornamented with shrub- 

 bery. A corresponding strip also should be reserved 

 between the house and orchard. All the rest may be left 

 to the taste of the person owning the premises. 



Now, suppose a family just arrived at the "new loca- 

 tion," and designing to build a house upon the above 

 plan. First, they need some immediate shelter. Two 

 hands in two days, can put up the room 13 by 13, 

 marked wash room (a) in the plan, with a lean-to roof, 

 the sides covered with wide % inch boards, feather- 

 edged together, with a rough floor, which, with a rough 

 shed to cook under, will serve for bed room and parlor 

 while the house is building. 



Next add the room marked kitchen (&), a good sized 

 farmer's kitchen, 16 by 24. Board up the sides in the 

 same way and finish off inside complete, and you then 

 have a house with two rooms, the wash room answering 

 well for a summer cooking room. Divide the chamber 

 into three rooms, two of them 8 by 14 each, and the 

 other 10 by 16, including the stairway (n). Make the 

 posts of this part of the building 12 ft. 6 in. high from 

 the sleepers of lower floor, and the lower room 7 ft. 6 in. 

 in the clear; the joice ten inches deep, and the upper 

 room will be 4 ft. high under the eaves, and you will 

 consequently have to finish up the rafters till you get 

 high enough in the centre. 



Now add as you are able one or both of the wings, 

 containing each a bed room 10 by 12 (d, f, h, i), and 

 pantry and store room 8 by 10 (e, g,) ; each of these is 

 also a lean-to, the outside posts of which should be 6 



