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The whole building is designed to be protected from lightning by 

 a half-inch copper rod, 48 feet in length, erected at the gable end 

 near the back parlor window, and secured in its place by means of 

 wooden props, extending from the roofs. 



Ground Floor. 



II, denotes the front lobby, or hall, 7 feet wide, including the front 

 stairs. 



P, a double parlor, 14 by 28 feet, with folding doors, communica- 

 ting with the front lobby, or hall. Either, or both of these parlors 

 might be used as sleeping apartments, should circumstances require. 



L, a room, communicating with the front lobby, or hall, 11 by 12 

 feet, with a closet 4 feet square, and may be used for a library, of- 

 iice, living room, or nursery, according to the taste or wants of the 

 occupant. 



B, a bed room designed for the head of the family, 11 by 12 feet, 

 with a closet 4 feet square, and communicating with the library and 

 dining room. 



D, the dining room, 14 by 20 feet, communicating with the front 

 lobby, H; the back entry, E, and the cellar at S, 



K, the kitchen, 12 by 20 feet, communicating with the dining 

 room by the back entry E, and a sliding window in the pantry C; 

 with the wood cellar at d; and the back yard, by the steps S. 



E, the back entry, 4 by 4 feet, communicating with the verandah, 

 kitchen, dining room, and the back-garret stairs. 



V, the vault, 5 by 6 feet, communicating with the verandah, by a 

 passage under cover, 3 feet wide. 



C, C, C, closet, or pantries. 



S, S, S, S, stair ways, or steps. 



c, kitchen and dining-room chimney. 



d, trap door, covered the wood-cellar stairs. 

 /, the lightning conductor. 



Mtic Floor. 



A, A, denote two front bed rooms, 12 by 14 feet, entered inde- 

 pendently of one another, from a lobby, 6 feet wide. 



B, B, two back bed roo iis, 10 by 14 feet, entered, also, indepen- 

 dently of each other from the lobby at the head of the front stairs. 



G, a back garret, communicating with the front part of the attic 

 by a door at the steps S, and serves as a passage way to the kitch- 

 en and verandah, by the back stairs. 



