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Perched atop the porch roof for most of the building's history but no longer extant was a small room serving as the projection booth. [2] The east and west walls are divided into six bays, most of which have pairs of six-over-six sash windows topped by three-pane fixed windows on the main floor, and glass block windows for the basement level. [2]
A storage room or storeroom is a room in a building for storing objects. They are not designed for permanent residence, and are often small and without windows. Such rooms often have more lenient requirements for fire protection, daylight entry and emergency exits compared to rooms intended for permanent residence.
The hallway leads into 'the body' of the house, a bright and expansive living room or Great Room, kitchen and foyer. This configuration allowed for additional rooms to be added to the bedroom wing if required. The Great Room was designed as a large, warm and welcoming space, a room in which the family and their guests could gather.
An ornate 19th-century porte-cochère, at Waddesdon Manor A modern example at a hospital. A porte-cochère (/ ˌ p ɔːr t k oʊ ˈ ʃ ɛ r /; French: [pɔʁt.kɔ.ʃɛʁ]; lit. ' coach gateway '; [1] pl. porte-cochères – pl. portes-cochères) [2] is a doorway to a building or courtyard, "often very grand," through which vehicles can enter from the street [3] or a covered porch-like ...
One acre equals 1 ⁄ 640 (0.0015625) square mile, 4,840 square yards, 43,560 square feet, [2] or about 4,047 square metres (0.4047 hectares) (see below).While all modern variants of the acre contain 4,840 square yards, there are alternative definitions of a yard, so the exact size of an acre depends upon the particular yard on which it is based.
His most notable achievements were selling four million acres of the Everglades for $1 million to restore the state's financial stability and urging creation of what became Florida A&M University.
A rain porch is a type of porch with the roof and columns extended past the deck and reaching the ground. The roof may extend several feet past the porch creating a covered patio. A rain porch, also referred to as a Carolina porch, is usually found in the Southeastern United States. [6]
5-over-1 or over-1s, also known as a one-plus-five or a podium building, [1] is a type of multi-family residential building commonly found in urban areas of North America. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The mid-rise buildings are normally constructed with four or five wood-frame stories above a concrete podium, usually for retail or resident amenity space.