Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-11-28

During all Of the winter months previous to
the time when they would build in tho spring
many sketches aro made in laborious way
of the floor plans Of the house that Is 10 bc
Finally the net result Is handed 10 a builder
or an architect, moro frequently the former,
rs most houses are built without professional
services. The figures from tho builder come
in and are very much higher than was ex-
pected. IL is quite shock, for certainly
there is nothing there that they can well do
without; everything has been thought Of so
much. Nothing that their house contains APP
pears 10 them n he less than matter Of
necessity. Other builders arc asked to figure
with results little more satisfactory. In the end
there must DO u compromise. The builder
md the owner both yield, and as a result
very satisfactory house is built. There are
little things which they would have diff
ferent, but in the main the house is salts
factory.
This is the universal experience and tho
effect upon the domestic architecture Of this
country has been very pronounced. We can
now gct better house for given sum Of
money than ever before Better not only as
To general construction but rs well ON
on account Of the external appearance and
the convenience Of its internal arrangements.
One NAV get more Of what are regarded as
the little COuvcnicnCies which mean 80 much
t. the hOuSekecper This il not altogether
the result 81 the lower prices Of material and
labor which 20 To make house, but IS as
we'll on account Of the skiA which has been
developed in planning and arranging build
ings with reference IN economy Of space and
cost Of general construction. The planning
of houses has undergone revolution within
a few years past, and instead Of having the
long narrow halls at the side ami in the mid
dIeof the house, and the long halls and mar
row passages through the upper floors, all Of
which was ugly and incOuyenient, we
now have the same area thrown in q
large, square hall, so as to Do available
as room with stairway at one side i'm
mcdiatcly all jacrnt 10 it. IL may be known
that chimney stacks are quite expensive.
For this reason an effort has been made u
group them 80 that one may be made to
answer for a number Of rooms, and the sue
cess with which efforts in this direction has
been attended has been wonderful indeed The
modern ho0rplan is altogether different from
that Of the past; it is more convenient and
less expensive to build, and, as said before,
this is largely the result Of the controversy
between Luc owner, WIrU HIS Iueas larger Jnah
his pocket book, and the architect or
builder, who exercises his ingenuity 70 bring
the ideas and the money together.
The floor plans here given are Of an eight
room house and are fairly representative Of
the ideas above expressed The general
form, it will be seen, is square. 1t is a two
story house with reception hall, parlor,
4,
and stair hall ON the first floor There are
three chambers, the servants bed room, the
bath room and a communicating hall ON the
second floor The first floor Is 10 feet 8
inches high and the second feet inches
From the second floor there is a stairway
going to the attic which is large and roomy
and which may have various uses. The
cellar is feet high, and is well lighted by
having the joiSt set well up from the grade
line There may he laundry here, and
separated from il by door we may have q
coal cellar and a furnace room. As we ap-
prOaCh the house there is first, broad
porch Of about feet in width and IL feet in
length. At a slight additional expense, say
$50 tC $50, this porch might be extended
across the entire front. Before reaching the
front door there is n small veStibule arranged
with or without storm doors, as may DO
thought desirable. Il is the experience Of
the writer that storm doors are seldom used
The distinctive feature Of this house is ,he
hail which is large enough, - feet inches
by Is feet, to be used as q sitting rOCr1 "a
the front part Of this hall, ard at the right
as we enter, is window seat and a broad
window in front, and Immediately Aecvs
it, as will be noticed; this is s.iSs;ly
separated from the main room by the small
pilasters or castings on each side. Immediate
" In front Of the doorway there Is CRATE
and mantel set in one corner Of the room
There are large doorways, five feet wide,