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Fig. 18. — Good entrance arrangement. 



Walk entering at a right angle to the 



property line. — See page 29 



Fig. 19. — Poor entrance arrangement. 



Walk not at a right angle to property 



line. — See page 29 



When a residence is located on a highway where all or nearly 

 all of the traffic is from one point, the entrance drive (Fig. 20) should 

 favor that direction. Such an arrangement is also desirable when 

 the ground on the opposite side of the road is precipitous or dangerous. 



The entrance gate should be toward that side of the property 

 from which the greater portion of the traffic may be expected. It 

 is a decided mistake to place the entrance at a point where it will 

 necessitate the crossing of the breadth of the lot and then having 



Fig. 20. — Entrance arrangement when traffic is all from one direction 



to return to the house after entering the property. Where the traffic 

 is likely to be just as great from one direction as from another it is 

 quite practicable and pleasing to have two entrances with a semi-cir- 

 cular walk to the front (Fig. 21). This is feasible where the width 

 of the lot is about equal to the distance (or a little less) from the 



