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PLANS OF RESIDENCES 
Plate XXV. 
Two Suburban Houses with Stables and Gardens , on original Lots 
ioo x 200 feet , illustrating a mode of embellishment by the addi¬ 
tion of a Lot behind other Lots. 
The reader must imagine these two houses originally built on 
lots of the same size as that of plan No. 2 of this plate, viz.: 
100 x 200 feet, having similar lots behind them, fronting on the 
side-street. 
The owner of the corner lot No. 1, having it in his power, and 
desiring to enlarge his embellished grounds, buys the lot 100 x 200 
feet in the rear of the two lots, first occupied, and thus doubles the 
area of his ground. The carriage-house and stable which he may 
or may not have had before, can now be located on the part of the 
new lot in the rear of the stable on original lot No. 2. Around it, 
in the rear of the same lot, is ample room for the vegetable-garden, 
and a yard for the horse and cow. This leaves the entire length 
of the ground near the side-street clear for decorative improvement. 
The outside kitchen-door of the house on lot 1 is through the 
laundry W, where the paths connecting it with the stable and out¬ 
buildings are entirely disconnected from the pleasure-walks. The 
carriage-road which connects with the steps of the back veranda is 
for the use of the family and household friends only; the street on 
the main front being the place for casual callers to alight. 
Had the house been originally designed for the lot as it now 
stands, it could doubtless have had its best rooms arranged to look 
out more directly on the best portions of the grounds. As it is, the 
parlor gets no part of the benefit of the enlargement of the place 
by the addition of the rear lot. But the dining-room D, by a wide 
window or low-glazed door opening upon the back veranda, com¬ 
mands a full view of the croquet and archery ground, and its sur¬ 
rounding embellishments; and the family sitting-room S secures 
a .similar view with a different fore-ground, by a bay-window pro¬ 
jected boldly towards the side-street for that purpose. The outlook 
from the unusually large parlor on this plan, depends mostly on the 
