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151 b e f o r e p r a c t i c i n g polygam y. F u rth e rm o re , h o u ses w ith two f r o n t d o o rs w ere a lm o st n e v e r f u n c t i o n a l l y d iv id e d i n t o e q u a l h a lv e s ; one room s e r v e d a s a l i v i n g room and bedroom , th e o th e r a s a k itc h e n - d in in g room; o r i f t h e r e was a l e a n - t o a t t a c h e d , one of th e f r o n t rooms was a bedroom , th e o th e r a l i v i n g room. The two f r o n t d o o rs i s an in d e p e n d e n t v a r i a b l e on a l l house ty p e s i n th e Mormon a r e a e x c e p t th e s in g le -ro o m c o tta g e . The l e a n - t o , i f n o t p a r t o f th e o r i g i n a l c o n s t r u c t i o n , was t y p i c a l l y th e f i r s t a d d iti o n t o th e h o u se . On tw o-room ty p e s and o th e r house ty p e s d is c u s s e d below , th e l e a n - t o u s u a l l y e x te n d e d th e f u l l le n g th o f th e house and was d iv id e d i n t o a t l e a s t two room s; one was v i r t u a l l y alw ay s a k itc h e n ( t o keep th e s to v e h e a t from th e f r o n t rooms d u rin g th e sum­ mer) , th e o th e r a p a n tr y o r a bedroom . Nowadays th e bathroom i s commonly lo c a t e d in some p a r t of th e l e a n - t o . As w ith th e s in g le -ro o m c o t t a g e , th e r o o f o f th e l e a n - t o j o i n s th e eav e s o f th e house b u t h a s a lo w er a n g le p i t c h , r e n d e r in g an asym­ m e tric a l ro o f lin e . Many tw o-room ty p e s c o n ta i n an a t t i c o r h a l f s t o r y w ith a c e i l i n g som etim es h ig h enough f o r s ta n d in g room ( F ig s . 57, 5 8 ). The u pper f l o o r may be u sed a s a s le e p in g l o f t f o r c h ild re n or fo r s to ra g e . The s t a i r c a s e t y p i c a l l y r i s e s from a r e a r c o r n e r o f one o f th e m ain room s. Two s m a ll windows may be p la c e d on e i t h e r s id e o f th e g a b le - e n d chim ney. Two-room c o t t a g e s a r e e x tre m e ly common i n Mormon c o u n try and no d o u b t w ere p re d o m in a n t t o a t l e a s t 1875 and Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission.