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T7i>o Suburban Houses 7vitli Stables and Gardens, on original Lots 

 too X 200 feet, illustrating a mode of einbellishment by the addi- 

 tion of a Lot behind other L.ots. 



The reader must imagine these two houses originally built on 

 lots of the same size as that of jjlan No. 2 of this plate, viz, : 

 100 X 200 feet, having similar lots behind them, fronting on the 

 side-street. 



The owner of the corner lot No. i, having it in his power, and 

 desiring to enlarge his embellished grounds, buys the lot 100 x 200 

 feet in the rear of the two lots, first occupied, and thus doubles the 

 area of his ground. The carriage-house and stable which he may 

 or may not have had before, can now be located on the part of the 

 new lot in the rear of the stable on original lot No. 2. Around it, 

 in the rear of the same lot, is ample room for the vegetable-garden, 

 and a yard for the horse and cow. This leaves the entire length 

 of the ground near the side-street clear for decorative improvement. 

 The outside kitchen-door of the house on lot i is through the 

 laundry W, where the paths connecting it with the stable and out- 

 buildings are entirely disconnected from the pleasure-walks. The 

 carriage-road which connects with the steps of the back veranda is 

 for the use of the family and household friends only ; the street on 

 the main front being the place for casual callers to alight. 



Had the house been originally designed for the lot as it now 

 stands, it could doubtless have had its best rooms arranged to look 

 out more directly on the best portions of the grounds. As it is, the 

 parlor gets no part of the benefit of the enlargement of the place 

 by the addition of the rear lot. But the dining-room D, by a Avide 

 window or low-glazed door opening upon the back veranda, com- 

 mands a full view of the croquet and archery ground, and its sur- 

 rounding embellishments ; and the family sitting-room S secures 

 a similar view with a different fore-ground, by a bay-window pro- 

 jected boldly towards the side-street for that purpose. The outlook 

 from the unusually large parlor on this plan, depends mostly on the 



