The Preliminary Plans 



and standing five feet above the ground, so that the four corners 

 of the proposed house may be seen from some distance, and that 

 thus the effect of the building may be studied from the street, or, 

 if the grounds are of large extent, from different points along the 

 lines of the projected drive or walks leading to the building. 

 Where very large grounds are to be laid out, flags set on tall 

 poles will be necessary to properly define the outlines when view- 

 ing the effect from a distance, and, at this time also, the sites 

 for stables and any other necessary outbuildings should be 

 staked off in similar way. It is hardly necessary to say that such 

 buildings as the stables must be placed at the rear of the house. 



The house must, of course, be connected, by either a walk or 

 driveway or both, with the street or public road, and an entrance 

 gateway provided at the most convenient and effective part of 

 the frontage, so the next step to take is to determine where the 

 main gateway shall be located. This, if possible, should be at a 

 point where the street or public road is on the same level. 



After the spot for the gateway is located, the approach to 

 the house should be staked off by a center line of stakes. The 

 principal roadway should be carefully studied from every possible 

 point, that is, from the house site, from the gateway and from 

 other points where the effect will be seen, no pains being spared 

 to insure this being planned out in the best possible manner and 

 along the best possible line. When the grounds are of consider- 

 able extent, it should also be made sure that a glimpse of the 

 house will be had from one or two points along the road. The 

 side lines for the principal roadway should then be staked off, 

 these, if a driveway, being at least sixteen feet apart, or, if a 

 foot-path, not less than eight feet. The stakes should be at least 

 one and one-quarter inch square and about three feet in length, 

 and driven one foot deep, leaving two feet above the ground to 

 mark the lines of the proposed drive or walk. 



After the principal approach to the house-site has been 

 decided upon and staked out, the necessary walks and roads 



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