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between the houses. Following are the principal 

 features of this style of house: 



Length of house, one hundred feet, with one foot fall to 



carry off water. 



Width of shed at north end, ten feet. 

 Width of house inside, twenty-four feet. 

 Height of walls from top of plate to bottom of gutter, 



twenty inches. Plate to be twelve inches above 



grade (see figure 24). 

 Walls below plate to be boarded up with rough lumber 



and then covered with rustic siding (see figure 24). 

 Height of house inside from top of center bed to bottom of 



ridge, nine feet. 

 Number of walks, two. 

 Width of walks each, fourteen inches. 

 Number of beds, three. 

 Width of center bed, ten feet ten inches. 

 Width of side beds each, five feet five inches. 

 Depth of beds, twelve inches. 

 Posts in side walls, sawed cedar, chestnut, or locust, four 



by four inches, set four feet apart center to center and 



two and one-half feet in the ground. 

 Gutters, three piece cypress, six inches in the clear (see 



figure 18). 

 Plates, two by eight inches, clear cypress, cut to fit around 



posts and to receive bottom of ventilator. 

 Gable plates at ends of house, two by eight inches clear 



cypress. 



Gable rafters, one and three-quarters by two and one- 

 quarter inches clear cypress. 

 Purlins, one inch black pipe, run under each slope five feet 



nine inches from ridge. 

 Supports for purlins, one inch pipe, long enough to extend 



through bed and into cement block in the ground. 

 Support for ridge, one and one-quarter inch black pipe, 



placed eight feet apart and set the same as supports 



under purlins. 



Iron posts, to be attached to purlins by T's one and one- 

 quarter inch through, so as to slip over purlin pipe,' 



with one inch side to take support. 



