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19 the pleasantness of the house, especially in warm 

 weather ; and the doors which communicate from one 

 room to another, are nearly in direct lines. 



It is not to be expected that a plan can be made to suit 

 all situations ; the formation of the ground, and the point 

 of compass to which it must front, would necessarily re- 

 quire it to be varied, in some cases, even if the plan itself 

 suited in the detail. This may be done by inverting the 

 plan : an easy way of doing, which is to place it before a 

 window and draw the lines on the opposite side of the 

 paper. 



I have drawn this to be built of wood, as that is the 

 most common way of building. It may be built of brick 

 or stone, by allowing a little more for thickness of walls. 



Chicago. T. WRIGHT. 



CHEAP FARM-HOUSE. 



FROM SOLON ROBINSON, ESQ. 



Inclosed, I send you a plan for a small cheap farm- 

 house, twenty-four by thirty-two feet, and one-and-a-half 

 story high. I have designed to set the south end to the road, 

 so that the main entrance would be on the south end of the 

 porch and thence into either room. The east side of the porch, 

 I should hope to see ornamented with woodbine, honey- 

 suckle, or some of the family of creepers. In the summer 

 time, such a porch would be the pleasantest part of the 

 house a delightful fragrant shade in a sultry afternoon. 

 You see I have made a good-sized kitchen, for in a farm. 

 house this is the room principally occupied by the whole 

 family ; and should be so arranged that it will be warm 

 and pleasant in winter, and easily ventilated in summer. 

 The shed at the north end will protect that side, and af- 

 ford room for wood, etc., and in summer, will be very 

 useful for washing, soap-making, and other rough work. 



