Plan [No. 21] is an enlargement of [No. 19]. The pantry and china-room are arranged differently. The doors leading into the china-room are glazed in their upper panels with cathedral glass. This obscures the view, and gives sufficient light. These doors were hung on double-spring hinges, so frequently mentioned. Over the dining-room and chamber are two finished bedrooms. They are arranged in the high part of the roof, and, with dormers, would have only a small part of the upper corners clipped. There are two grates more than shown in Plan [No. 19]. The stairway arrangement may be reversed, so that one goes to the second floor from the hall rather than from the kitchen. This house cost, with two finished rooms on the second floor, without appurtenances, as per schedule “B,” $1,700.
Plan [No. 22] can be built and finished for $800. The gable arrangement would be about the same as in Fig. [No. 20].
Plan [No. 23] was built, including everything that went on to the lot, for $1,600.
Plan [No. 24], as per schedule “B,” cost $1,100.
Plan [No. 25], without appurtenances, cost $1,400.
One-story houses cost more for the accommodations which they afford than two-story buildings, for the reason that it takes the same foundation and roof for a one-story house that it does for one of two stories of the same area on the first floor. In fact, it usually takes more foundation and roof for a one-story house than it does for a two-story, for the reason that it covers more ground space than would be required for the same or a larger number of rooms in the two floors.