PLANS FOR COTTAGES 



1. It should be beautiful and as far as possible should 

 harmonize with the general architectural treatment of the school 

 building, if the latter is a modern type. An architect should be 

 employed and the beautification of the useful be insisted on. 



2. It should include a living room, a bath room, a kitchen, 

 a dining room, and a sleeping porch. The number of bedrooms 

 will probably not exceed two, and these should connect with 

 the sleeping porch. The plans for the kitchen should receive 

 a great deal of care, especially with reference to modern con- 

 veniences. 



3. The sleeping porches should be models for the neigh- 

 borhood. They should be carefully screened against flies and 

 mosquitoes and should open from small dressing rooms, capable 

 of being used as bedrooms when necessary. 



As has been said elsewhere, if the country school is to do 

 the work now generally demanded of it, teachers' cottages are 

 necessary in many parts of the country. There is no practicable 

 way of making the district school the real social and educational 

 center of a community without keeping the schoolhouse open 

 and the agricultural operations under supervision during the 

 summer months. This will of course mean a change in the plan 

 of hiring teachers, and, more especially, it will necessitate the 

 employment of a greater number of men for rural school work. 

 There are many difficulties in the way, and some of them may 

 seem almost insuperable, but progress in country life demands 

 these changes and in time they must be made." 



PLANS FOR COTTAGES. 



The photographs and sketches of floor plans of several cottages 

 reproduced in this volume chiefly represent adaptations of existing 

 structures to new purposes, or simply the cheapest structure it has 

 been possible to build to serve as a living place for the teacher. 

 But few of the cottages so far erected have been the result of careful 

 planning to meet all requirements for a considerable period of time 

 and of a type which can serve as a model for residences of similar 

 size in the community. 



The Washington Cottages. 



In her excellent bulletin, "Teachers' Cottages in Washington," 

 Mrs. Preston suggests two types of cottages suitable for conditions 

 in that state, which are equally well adapted to many localities else- 

 where. They are as follows : 



Cottage for Small District. 



Figure 1 is the view and Figure 2 the plan of the one-story 

 house. This provides accommodation for two teachers or a 

 teacher and his family. The living room is 13x19 feet, and is 

 sufficiently large for the dining table in one end. This room is 

 made large so it may be used for receptions, meetings of the 

 school classes, mothers' meetings, and all such assemblies in 

 the interest of the domestic, social and educational life of the 

 community. The bedroom is provided with a bed alcove enclosed 

 with folding glass doors. The window at the end is large and is 

 arranged to open the whole size. With this arrangement the 

 alcove may be converted into a fresh air sleeping room by open- 



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