“One of the most ancient and inexpensive ways of obtaining shelter, was to utilize the space under sloping roof rafters.”

—  Ernest Flagg

Small Houses: Their Economic Design and Construction (1922)
Context: One of the most ancient and inexpensive ways of obtaining shelter, was to utilize the space under sloping roof rafters. Indian wigwams have no other kind. Where civilization is slightly more advanced, low stone walls are built upon which the feet of the rafters rest.<!--Ch. III

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