LESSON 29 
SMALL House Lot 
HE object of this lesson is to study a typical small 
home lot. This lot has a 60 foot front and is 100 
feet deep. There are hundreds of thousands of 
, home lots of approximately the same dimensions 
in American cities and towns. 
Problems 
The pupil should copy this drawing at a suitable scale. If 
time permits a water color rendering may be made. ‘This is a suit- 
able subject for practice with water colors. 
The pupil may also make a revised plan for the same lot and 
house. 
It is highly desirable also that the pupil make additional de- 
signs for other grounds of similar character. Such work should 
be done as far as possible upon existing examples. The grounds 
should be surveyed and mapped, existing conditions of soil, drain- 
age, sunlight, etc., should be determined and taken into considera- 
tion in making up the design and selecting materials for the plant- 
ing plan. Such work, especially if carried out under a good teacher, 
may be extended to an indefinite number of examples. 
Discussion 
It will be observed that this lot faces to the north, giving the 
house also a north frontage. This orientation is commonly regarded 
as undesirable in American village life. It is on the contrary the 
most desirable frontage possible, unless the house can be faced to 
the northwest; but to realize the value of such a building lot it is 
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