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           GROUND PLANS.
  Tuis plan is devised with reference to being occu-
 pied by two families.  The necessity for this often
occurs in the improvement of town or village lots.
Under such circumstances it is necessary to preserve
in the aspect of dwellings as much of the rural char-
acter as possible, and at the same time secure all the
conveniences within reach.
  JlooMs.-The front entrance is at A, fig. 173; the
hail is 6 feet wide, in which is a flight of stairs; B,
the living-room, is 12 by 14 feet; adjoining is the
kitchen C, entered from the hall beneath the stair
landing, and containing cooking-ranges, closets, and a
side entrance; D is a parlor, and E a veranda.
 The plan of the second floor, fig. 174, exhibits K,
the stair landing; I, bath-room; F, G, H, chambers
corresponding to the size of the rooms below.
 ESTIMATE.-This house may be built in plain rural
style, of brick, and stuccoed, two stories high, with
cellar beneath, for about $1600.
FIG. 173.-FIRST FLOOR.                  Fso. 174.-SEcoND FLoz..
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