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Caption: Course Catalog - 1872-1873
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18 Illinois Industrial University. appearance, economical in cost, and 1st F l o o r of F a r m H o u s e . compact and convenient in arrangement and detail. See H, p. 59. A cellar under the whole, walled with hard brick and having a cement CL. floor, affords a laundry, a large cistern, 3'sxS KITCHEN 8BD flOOM and an ample cellar in two compart- rrr a'xio 'to'' IS'3'XI8'3" ments, one for dairy uses, and the other for vegetables. The front door is sheltered by a OFFICE pleasant verandah, and the front hall lO'Xlt'B or entry affords direct admission to office, parlor and kitchen. The office, a small room, which the intelliPARLOR . iz'a'x ie'3 gent farmer will find abundantly useful for his business affairs, will also serve as a library and reading room on wet days, and in the evenings. The parlor is a commodious apartment, which is Second Floor. rendered doubly pleasant by the bay window. The kitchen is also of good size, as many farmers' families make this the "living room," as they call it, where the cooking and eating are both done, and the family work goes on. A lean-to, serving as a summer kitchen, and well-room, has been added since the building was first erected. The second floor has a goodly number of sleeping rooms, all but two supplied with closets. The Barn recently erected on the Stock Farm of the Industrial University has north and west fronts of eighty feet each. Each Stock F a r m B a r n . limb, or ell, is 40 feet wide. It is of the kind known as a side hill barn. In the basement R is the root cellar. C a cook room, furnished with a steam boiler to steam food, and a small engine to furnish power for grinding, threshing, and cutting. D is a set of hog pens, and E another set of pens or yard under the shed, which 1 T r
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