Floor areas: Superstructure, first unit 490 square feet; with first
addition 705 square feet; completed house 1,015 square feet. Porches,
first unit 25 square feet; with first addition 240 square feet.
The first unit of house 6513 is modest, and yet provides complete kitchen
equipment, toilet facilities, a workroom or laundry, and g bedroom of
comfortable size. The first addition increases the living accommodations
and, with its front and rear porches, offers a cool retreat in hot
weather. The second addition provides two more bedrooms and an adjoining
bath, thus completing the six-room house. If desired, these two bedrooms
may be made larger than shown in the plans.
[Illustration: VIEW OF INTERIOR]
The interior view shows the compact arrangement of kitchen cabinets and
sink, and indicates the bright work area that is planned to lighten the
duties of the housewife. An alternate arrangement of the kitchen, with no
workroom, is shown on page 13.
During the first two stages of development adequate space will be found
in the kitchen for dining; but when two bedrooms are added in the final
wing, the original bedroom (adjoining the kitchen) might be converted
into a dining room. On the other hand, if at times the entire house is
not needed by the family, the last wing of the house will make very
desirable rooms for renting to tourists or summer boarders, or may be
closed.
In some parts of the South the fireplace will not provide sufficient
heat in cold weather, but a circulator heater may be set in front of the
fireplace and connected to the chimney through a metal shield. If the
plan is used in the North, a cellar may be constructed under the second
unit, with stairs leading down from the rear porch, which should be
enclosed.
[Illustration: VIEW OF COMPLETED HOUSE]
[Illustration: FLOOR PLANS]
[6] Prepared by W. H. Nash for the Bureaus of Agricultural Engineering
and Home Economics, U.S. Department of Agriculture.