Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 20, Number 89, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 July 1899 — FARM BUILDINGS. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

FARM BUILDINGS.

Here's a Farm or Village Dwelling Coatinc 31,800. A most desirable bouse is here described. It is cheap, considering its many advantages and its extreme beauty as an adornment of a rural landscape. It is quite large enough for a family of eight without crowding, and on a pinch considerable room may be found in the attic, if it is enclosed and laid out as it may be. But In our study of this plan we have designed that all of the children shall have the whole of the attic for their part of the dwelling, for study or play, and there the toys will be kept and a baby house put together for them, and the little

library of lesson and reading books will there be kept. This will be found one of the most valuable means of education for the children, and the mother or the big sister may go up and there make school and amusement for the little ones, where they will be safe, and as happy as the days are long. The ground plan is 32x29 feet inside, not including the verandah. The sizes of the rooms are given on the floor plan, the verandah not being Included. The cellar is 6 feet 6 inches in height, the first story is 9 feet and the second 8 feet 3 inches. The materials are: Cellar, stone below ground, brick or shaped stone above; first story, clapboards; second, square shingles; the hexagonal bottom of the shingle may be preferred by some, but it is really a useless expense. A large pantry is placed between the kitchen and dln-

ing-room, and saves many steps, as a Slide door in the dining-room side opens into the dining-room. ATarge working table and sink are on the outside wall of the kitchen. Doors and a passage way lead from the kitchen to every part of the house, and by a wide, low tread stairway to the upper floor. The plan of the upper floor is not given, but it has four good-sized bedrooms, one at each corner of the house, all well lighted and aired, and provided with closets, and between the two on the kitchen side of the house there are a bathroom, water closet, and washstand. The bath is directly over the kitchen range, by which hot water from the cistern over the back porch may be lifted into the bath tub. Every bedroom has its own closet, and a large store-room may be made under the

attic stairs which go up from the vestibule of the bathroom. So much in so little can only be crowded together, as in thts case, with entire convenience and cheapness, by the most careful thought, great mechanical skill and a thorough architectural ability. The pipes in the house are all collected together near the kitchen chimney, and freezing is thus A heater in the kitchen range will supply the heat for the bath room, and a cheap one in the parlor or dining-room, or both, if any Klondike family want to keep a nice warm climate in the house. Any carpenter will be able to make a bill of materials, such as will suit the farmer, who has but six hundred dollars to spend, but in time hopes to be able to finish his house as he may wish. The price mentioned includes everything for a complete house, except the heating apparatus mentioned, which Itself will cost about two hundred dollars, in addition to the sl,800 estimated. Fig. 1 shows the front and side of the bouse. Fig. 2 shows the rear view of it, with that part of it on the right hand side of the kitchen. The large window is that in the kitchen. The smaller ones are those shown in the floor plan, at the top and foot of the stairway, which is thus well lighted. The stairs have low easy treads and are amply wide.

FRONT VIEW.

REAR VIEW.

PLAN OF MAIN FLOOR.