[Illustration: VIEW OF FIRST STAGE]
Floor areas: Superstructure, original house, 1,100 square feet; with
kitchen addition, 1,270 square feet; with all additions shown, 1,620
square feet. Porches, original house, 90 square feet; completed house,
285 square feet. Cellar, 565 square feet.
[Illustration: FIRST FLOOR PLAN]
Thousands of farmhouses in all parts of the North and Middle West have
begun like house 6539, and the development illustrated for this one
should offer helpful suggestions both to farmers who plan to build new
and those who expect to remodel present houses. It is a very practical
design, expressing honest dignity.
[Illustration: SECOND FLOOR PLAN]
The plans on this page show the original unit, which would supply a
comfortable yet economical dwelling, with a basement for fuel and
storage. The first addition might be either the new 7 kitchen and porch
or the downstairs bedroom, bath, and laundry. If needed, a third upstairs
bedroom and a bathroom can be added over those in the first-floor
addition, as shown in the working drawings, with little loss of material
or work, because the downstairs bedroom has a flat-deck roof. This would
increase the floor area of the superstructure to 1,900 square feet.
[Illustration: VIEW OF COMPLETED HOUSE]
[Illustration: FIRST FLOOR PLAN WITH ADDITIONS]
[31] Prepared by J. M. Deibert for the Bureaus of Agricultural
Engineering and Home Economics, U.S. Department of Agriculture.