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153 p e rh a p s b ey o n d . I t was th e m ost p o p u la r ty p e w ith lo w e r- income p e o p le and many w ere c o n s t r u c te d i n lum ber ( F ig . 59) w e ll a f t e r th e t u r n of th e c e n tu r y . S e v e r a l p o s t-1 9 0 0 lo g exam ples a l s o o c c u r , e s p e c i a l l y i n s o u th e r n Id ah o ( F ig . 6 0 ). R e c ta n g u la r h o u s e s , b u i l t tw o s t o r i e s in h e ig h t and one room d e e p , r e p r e s e n t m o rp h o lo g ic a l e v o l u t i o n s o f th e tw o room c o tta g e ( o r o n e -o v e r-o n e ) b u t e x h i b i t a g r e a t e r number o f v a r i a t i o n s th a n o n e - s to r y e x a m p le s. Some o f t h e s e v a r i a ­ t i o n s a r e due t o i n t e r n a l f l o o r p la n d i f f e r e n c e s , su ch a s o p ti o n a l a rra n g e m e n ts o f s t a i r c a s e s , ch im n ey s, and h a llw a y s . O th er v a r i a t i o n s a r e r e l a t e d t o e x t e r i o r form e le m e n ts , nam ely, th e p re s e n c e o r a b se n c e o f dorm er w indow s, a l e a n - t o , and sym m etry i n th e r o o f l i n e . Dormer windows became e x c e e d in g ly p o p u la r among th e Mormons e s p e c i a l l y a f t e r 1870 when su ch windows m ost f r e ­ q u e n tly o c c u r re d w ith a G reek R e v iv a l p o r t i c o ( F ig . 6 1 ), a f u l l tw o - f lo o r p o rc h ( F ig . 6 2 ) , o r fa n c y l a t h e - t u r n e d wood tr im l i n i n g th e g a b l e s . A p p a re n tly th e s e fa c a d e f e a t u r e s p r e s e n te d an image o f m o d e ra te w e a lth and s o c i a l a tta in m e n t , b u t t h e dorm er a l s o s e r v e d t h e im p o r ta n t f u n c tio n o f p e r m it­ t i n g l i g h t i n t o th e u p p e r - s to r y room s when th e e a v e s e x te n d e d below t h e to p l i n e o f th e u p p e r - s t o r y w indow s. The dorm ers a r e c o n s id e r e d h e re an im p o r ta n t form e le m e n t b e c a u s e th«y i n d i c a t e a b ro k e n a n g le (45 d e g re e s ) on th e o u te r e d g e s o f th e u p p e r - s to r y c e i l i n g a t a b o u t s h o u ld e r h e ig h t ( F ig , 6 3 ); n e v e r t h e l e s s , th e two u p p e r room s a r e c o n s id e r e d a f u l l sec o n d s t o r y r a t h e r th a n an a t t i c . Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission.