Country homes from the mid-18th through early 20th centuries were of simple design, even large ones. Typically, there were four rooms, two on each side of a hall, with a kitchen and dining room attached by a “dog-trot” breezeway in back and a wide porch in front. The two front rooms were large, one a parlor and the other a bedroom with two beds, a sitting area and a work place for sewing, etc.