APPENDIX F 



243 



TWO AND ONE-HALF STORY SQUAB HOUSE. 

 This was built to utilize to best advantage a small plot uf ground. For description see this page and the opposite 



was built especially for pigeons. It was almost a case of necessity with him, 

 as all the plots of ground near him were owned by one man who stood out for 

 a stiff price. The customer accordingly built this house and says he has 

 never regretted it. After it was built he was able to purchase all the land 

 he ever should need, and he bought it right. This three-story house is 54 

 feet long and 20 feet wide, 14 feet to top flat, 14 feet rafter with one foot pro- 

 jection. The third floor is laid on a level with top flat. The third floor does 

 notjextend across the entire width of the building, but drops back five feet 

 from each side, giving room for three nests from floor to roof. The four 

 sides of these pens are lined with nests, and the pens are 10x10 feet. Single 

 dormer window on north and two dormer windows on south (this is shown 

 in photograph). No hallway on third floor, but steps from second floor 

 go up near the center of the building, making it unnecessary to pass through 

 all pens to reach the end pens. First and second floors alike have a four-foot 

 hallway on the north side, and each floor has six pens 9x16 feet. The 

 partitions between these pens are formed by the nest boxes. Feed and water 

 from the hallway. The floors are of matched lumber and the first floor is 

 double with paper between. The frame of building was first covered with 

 heavy roofing of a popular brand and sided with ship-top lumber. Under 

 the west end of this building is a basement 20x20 feet, cement floor, used for 



