APPENDIX F — 243, 
TWO AND ONE-HALF STORY SQUAB HOUSE. 
This was built to utilize to best advantage a small plot of ground. For description see this page and the opposite 
page, 
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 
not,extend 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 
artitions between these pens are formed by the nest boxes. Feed and water 
rom 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 
