A DOUBLE HOUSE FOR A CORNER LOT. 
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in repute, I fully concur with him in the high 
estimate he has given of the Dorking. 
Lest it might be inferred from the above that 
the writer has Dorkings for sale, he will state 
that he has not, and though he may have a few 
the coming autumn, still the number would 
hardly bear an approach to the wants already 
expressed. 
Eben Wight. 
Boston, Feb. 1850. 
A DOUBLE HOUSE TOR A CORNER LOT. 
Ground Plan.—Fig. 40. 
by 50 feet; and each wing, designed to stand 
! back 10 feet from the street, is 15 by 25 feet, 
' one of these extending quite to the street adja¬ 
cent. The house is protected in front by strong 
wire or iron fences, and back by a copper light¬ 
ning conductor, properly pointed and connected 
with the moisture in the earth. 
Thus it will be seen that the house has a 
cheerful aspect, is well lighted and ventilated 
on all sides, and each tenement is sufficiently 
roomy for a moderate-sized family within, and 
with more than usual accommodation without. 
Descrip fion of the Ground Plan , or First Floor .— 
The dotted lines in fig. 40 denote the boundaries 
of two contiguous city lots, 25 by 100 feet each, 
and one of them at the junction of two streets. 
Y, Y, back yards, each 25 by 50 feet; r, r, 
small front yards 10 by 25 feet each, in which 
may be planted small shrubs and flowers; P, 
P, parlors, 15 by 20 feet each; D, D, dining 
rooms, 13 by 17 feet; c, c, pantries and store 
rooms, 6 by 6 feet; p, p, porticos, 4 by 7 feet 
h, h, entries or halls, 4 by 13 feet, each, com¬ 
municating with the parlors, dining rooms, 
and stairways leading to the basements and 
In most of our cities and larger 
classes of towns, from the high price 
and limited nature of the lots, the 
dwellings must, of necessity, be dense¬ 
ly crowded together, and in most 
eases, are badly ventilated, and worse 
lighted, which often renders them 
gloomy, unhealthy, and far from agree¬ 
able to the occupants. Those lots, 
however, which are located at the 
corners of the streets, we conceive can 
be made much more commodious and 
far more pleasant, if a plan of building 
on them were adopted similar to the 
following:— 
The adjoining cut, fig. 42, denotes a 
perspective view of a double three¬ 
storied house, occupying two lots, with 
Second Story.—Fig. 41. 
an attic, basements, and a two-storied wing to 
each. It is designed for two tenements, being- 
divided in the middle, by a partition wall run¬ 
ning from the gable end back, and extending 
from the foundation to the top of the roof. The 
tenements are to be entered through a portico at 
each corner, and also at a door in the basement 
near the front gate. 
The basements, in the main body of the house, 
may be occupied for storing fuel and many 
other articles of use, and that under each wing, 
as a kitchen. The first story of the house and 
wings are designed to be 14 feet high; the sec¬ 
ond story 13 feet, and the third story and attics, 
12 feet each. 
The main body of the house, which is sup¬ 
posed to stand back from the street 3 feet, is 22 
Perspective View.—Fig. 42. 
upper parts of the house, s, s , stairv/ays; f 
/, f f, fireplaces or chimneys; Z, lightning 
conductor. 
Description of the Second Floor. —This story, 
both in the body and wings, is designed to be 
on the same level; B, B, B, B, fig. 41, in the 
main part of the house, bed rooms, 12 by 16 
feet each, those in each tenement communicat¬ 
ing with one another by means of folding doors; 
B, B , in each wing, bed rooms, 13 by 17 feet; 
b, b, bathing rooms, 6 by 6 feet; w, ib, w , w, 
wardrobes or closets, 6 by 6 feet; s, s, stair¬ 
ways communicating with the first and third 
stories; ffff fireplaces or chimneys. 
The arrangement of the third story, is precisely 
the same as that in the second, in the main part 
of the house. Each attic, on the floor, is 20 by 
23 feet, and 12 feet high at the peak. 
Should it be desirable to increase the depth 
of the main body of the house, it may be ex¬ 
tended back 15 feet. By this means, there 
would be room sufficient for double parlors, and 
an extra set of rooms in each story above. 
