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Housing

These two plans for company housing represent less numerous styles present in Berwind.

The L-shaped design offered more space than the other designs with a living room (15 ft 2 in x 7.5 ft 6 in [4.62m x 4.72m]-21.84m2), a kitchen (15 ft 2 in x 11 ft 2 in [4.62m x 3.4m]-15.73m2), a small bedroom (11 ft 8 in x 9 ft 5 in [3.56m x 2.87m]-10.21m2), a large bedroom (15 ft 2 in x 9 ft 7 in [4.62m x 2.92m]-13.50m2), a hallway, a stoop, and 2 chimneys.

The 3-room plan was arranged into a row of rooms, and two chimneys. Occasionally two were placed together to form a duplex. The duplex was a symmetrical design with one front room (15 ft x 7.5 ft [4.5m x 2.2m]-9.9m2), and a second room (15 ft x 7.5 ft [4.5m x 2.2m]-9.9m2), and a last room, which usually acted as a kitchen (15 ft x 12 ft [4.5m x 3.6m]-16.2m2). A second floor of identical plan was also placed above the first floor.

 

House Plan

Illustration from Camp and Plant April 9, 1903 Vol. 5 # 15 pg. 314

 

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