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 304 Sloan's Architectural Review and Builders" Journal. [Nov. / down to the floor ; and opening on the Porch. On the opposite side of the Hall is the Reception-Parlor — or, in this case, more properly, Sitting-Room — C, seven- teen (17) feet by sixteen (16) feet, hav- ing a large octagonal Bay- Window on the side, and two ordinary Windows on the front. This room communicates with the Library E in the rear, twelve (12) feet in depth by fifteen (15) feet in width ; and lighted by two windows on the side. In the rear of the Drawing-Room B, and communicating with it, by means of sliding doors, is the Dining-Room D, sixteen (16) feet wide by twent3 T -four (24) feet long, having a large Bay- Win- dow at the end, and a single window on the side. There is an entrance into this Room, also, from the Rear Passage M, leading from the Main Hall G, which contains the Private Stairway to the upper portion of the house, beneath which are the Cellar Stairs, entered directly from the Kitchen P, situated at the extreme rear of the passage M, eighteen (18) feet by sixteen (16) feet, having attached a Kitchen-Pantry I, eight (8) feet square, and a China-Closet H, adjoining, of the same dimensions, the latter communicating as well with the Dining-Room. The Kitchen is furnished with a Range, Circulating-Boiler, and Sink. L is a Side Porch, from which there are two Private Entrances, one into the Kitchen F, and the other directly oppo-