BULLETIN 825, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



figures are taken in each case for tke end of the year indicated. As 

 shown by the diagram, more than one-haK of the buildings for which 

 data are available were constructed between 1912 and 1916. 



Of the total number of buildings studied 201 are in places of 2,500 

 inhabitants or less, 83 being in the open country, and 55 are in towns 

 or small cities having a population of more than 2,500. Twenty-five 

 are school community buildings and 29 are church community build- 

 ings, 20 of the latter being in buildings separate from the church. 

 Nine are farmers' fraternal society buildings and eight are library and 

 community buildings. 



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1900 1902 1904 1906 1908 1910 1912 



Fig. 1.— Increase in number of rural community buildings, 1900 to 1918, according to data obtained by 



the Bureau of Markets. 



COMMUNITY BUILDINGS CLASSIFIED ACCORDING TO SOURCE OF FUNDS 

 FOR THEIR ESTABLISHMENT. 



The amount of money invested in these buildings varies according 

 to the population and wealth of the community and the method of 

 financing, and ranges from $2,000 in sparsely settled communities, 

 where considerable amounts of labor and materials are often donated, 

 to $50,000 in the small cities. 



Based on methods of financing, the buildings may, in a general way, 

 be separated into the five following classes, although, on account of 

 overlapping or combination of methods, the dividing line is not always 

 distinct. 



