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 648 The Architectural Review and American Builders' Journal. [April, Figure 1. an architect to guide his builder. It is obvious, also, that many front and side elevations can be adapted to the same plan ; and, as in these moderate attempts to secure an estate, the aspirant "will oftener, probably, think more of room and comfort than style, on this occasion we omit the elevations, in order to mul- tiply the plans. We might remark, in passing, that, these proposed domiciles are all adapted to the country. On a future occasion, we shall produce a series intended for both suburban and urban requirements. Our description comprehends four dif- ferent plans, for as many separate cot- tages. Figure I, the largest of the number, is regular in outline. Its arrangement adapts it to a corner lot, as the entrance is on the side, with the parlor across the front. The Vestibule A, seven (7) feet deep by six (6) feet wide, proceeding from the right, affords egress, on its three sides, respectively, to the parlor, the dining- room and the stair-hall. The Parlor B is fifteen (15) feet wide and twenty-two (22) feet long. The Dining-Room C is fifteen (15) feet wide and twenty (20) feet long. The Stair- Hall D is seven (7) feet wide by twenty (20) feet long, with a door, at the rear end, communicating with the Kitchen Gr, in the addition, fourteen (14) feet square, with the chimney on the outside. This increases the interior dimensions of the dwelling. In the body of the house, and between the dining-room and the kitchen, is the Pantry E, six (6) feet wide and ten (10) feet long, well shelved, and lighted by a window at one end. The Second Story will afford the same accommodations ; or, if desired, the rooms can be partitioned, and one or two additional apartments thus ob- tained. The Bath-Room will be over the pan- try, for convenience of access from the hall, at the half-landing of the stairs. There is likewise economy in this ar- rangement, the water-pipes being all con- centrated and carried up inside the pantry, so that, in the event of leakage, there can be but little damage done to any part of the premises, as the water would most likely confine itself to the bath-room above, and the pantry below. A house thus arranged needs but one staircase, as the latter is shut off, by the vestibule doors, from any exposure, either at the entrance, or exit, of inmates or guests. The front-door can be approached from the kitchen, through the stair-hall, without any of the rooms of the lower story being used as a thoroughfare. The dining-room is shut off from the kitchen by two doors and a passage-way H, six (6) feet long. This dwelling can easily be increased by another story, if desired ; or may