PLACE THAT IS STARTED 107 



The house plan and the disposal of entrances 

 and windows and all similar features will fix this, 

 or will indicate its logical position. But the out- 

 doors must be taken into consideration, too, and 

 the most advantageous division of the ground 

 insured. An axis should also be so located that 

 it naturally invites the eye to follow its direc- 

 tion without obstructions to divert it. So here 

 again I must ask you to refer to a diagram (page 

 108), made in this instance from a house as built 

 on its plot — which was afterwards designed — in 

 a typical suburban development. The house is 

 34 by 40 feet, exclusive of porches, and its front 

 porch line is 25 feet back from the sidewalk. It 

 is 4 feet from its boundary on the west, which 

 leaves 12 feet at the other side, the lot being 50 

 by 100. 



The entrance to the front in the original ar- 

 rangement passed straight from the sidewalk 

 to front steps. The old position of these is in- 

 dicated by dotted lines in the diagram — for al- 

 most the first thing which required doing was 

 their shifting. In their original position they 

 opened the porch up too freely to the street, as 

 well as necessitated an entrance walk in the 

 midst of the small space before the house. Both 

 of these were bad features, hence the change. 



The whole place at best is cramped, and 



