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138 F lo o r P la n s an d R e la te d House Types The h o u se ty p e s h e re re c o g n iz e d a r e b a se d on o v e r a l l house form e f f e c t e d e s p e c i a l l y by t h e sh a p e and a rra n g e m e n t o f th e m ain room s, o r b a s i c f l o o r p la n . S ta te d a n o th e r way, t h e b a s i c f l o o r p la n c o n s t i t u t e s th e p r i n c i p a l c r i t e r i o n by w hich th e v a r io u s h o u se s a r e d e s ig n a te d a s ty p e s . Each b a s i c f l o o r p l a n , how ever, c o n ta i n s v a r i a t i o n s r e s u l t i n g from c e r ­ t a i n i n t e r r e l a t i o n s h i p s b etw een i t and o t h e r form e le m e n ts su c h a s t h e l e a n - t o and th e p o s i t i o n o f th e c h im n ey s, s t a i r ­ c a s e , and m ain e n tr a n c e . T hese v a r i a t i o n s do n o t c o n s t i t u t e s e p a r a t e house t y p e s , j u s t p e r m u ta tio n s o f th e same ty p e . S in g le -ro o m House P la n s The s in g le - r o o m house p la n , th e m ost common ty p e i n th e e a r l i e s t s e t t l e m e n t p h a se i n th e Mormon W est, i s th e b a s i c c o n s t r u c t i o n u n i t in Mormon f o l k h o u s in g ( F ig . 4 5 ) . I t s a n te c e d e n ts a r e t r a c e a b l e t o th e A m erican C o lo n ie s and t o E n g la n d , th o u g h i t d i f f e r e d s l i g h t l y i n th e v a r io u s c o l o n i a l r e g io n s w here i t becam e p o p u la r . I t s n e a r ly s q u a r e form i s p r i m i t i v e ; i n p r e p a r a t i o n s t o b u i l d i t , th e p io n e e r sim p ly f o o t- p a c e d th e d im e n s io n s , m arked e a c h c o r n e r by d r i v i n g a peg i n th e g ro u n d , and ev en ed th e c o r n e r s w ith a s q u a r e - r u l e o r by good g u e ss w ork. The house ty p e w hich he p ro d u c e d b a s e d on th e one-room p la n i s r e f e r r e d t o h e re a s th e s in g le - r o o m c o t t a g e . The s in g le -ro o m c o t t a g e i s t h e s im p le s t o f a l l th e p erm an en t h o u se ty p e s , th o u g h n o t s o c ru d e a s , n o r synonymous Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission.