Floor areas: Superstructure, original house 775 square feet; with
addition 1,075 square feet. Porches, 160 square feet.
The plans and perspectives on these pages show two methods of roofing
this house. In each plan the original unit of the house is complete, and
pleasing in appearance, and the additions fit the house gracefully with
very little tearing out or rearrangement.
As in some other plans, the kitchen is designed for the use of an oil,
gas, or electric cookstove. The house may be heated by a circulator
hot-air heater, by a hot-water system with a radiator boiler in the
living room, or possibly by radiant gas or electric heaters in the
bedrooms.
[Illustration: COMPLETED HOUSE]
[Illustration: FLOOR PLAN]
[Illustration: COMPLETED HOUSE]
The type of design favors keeping the house close to the ground. If
floor-joist construction is used, the topsoil should be removed from
under the house so that joists will not come too close to the ground
surface. A concrete subfloor could be placed directly on the ground,
supporting wood sleepers and wood floors.
[Illustration: FLOOR PLAN]
[12] Prepared by H. E. Wichers, O. S. Ekdahl, and N. F. Resch for the
department of architecture, Kansas State Agricultural College.