{"id":12695,"date":"2023-10-16T15:39:26","date_gmt":"2023-10-16T15:39:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.projectsmallhouse.com\/blog\/?p=12695"},"modified":"2023-10-16T15:42:11","modified_gmt":"2023-10-16T15:42:11","slug":"emmons-cottage-a-restored-1886-folk-victorian-pioneer-cottage-in-ormond-beach-florida","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.projectsmallhouse.com\/blog\/2023\/10\/emmons-cottage-a-restored-1886-folk-victorian-pioneer-cottage-in-ormond-beach-florida\/","title":{"rendered":"Emmons Cottage, a Restored 1886 Folk Victorian Pioneer Cottage in Ormond Beach, Florida"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_12702\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12702\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12702\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.projectsmallhouse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/emmons_cottage-b.jpg?resize=500%2C375&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-12702\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Emmons Cottage is a 1886 Florida Cracker Cottage<br \/>Moved to the Grounds of the Ormond Beach Art Museum and Gardens<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The historic Emmons Cottage is a Florida Cracker Cottage. It is near the parking for the Ormond Memorial Art Museum &amp; Gardens. The Art Museum is just past The Casements, the Rockefeller Estate near the beach on Granada Blvd.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_12701\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12701\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12701\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.projectsmallhouse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/emmons_cottage-a.jpg?resize=500%2C375&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-12701\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Folk Victorian Emmons Cottage<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>It is 994 square foot 2-story board and batten Shotgun style house built of Florida pine around 1885.\u00a0 It has two rooms downstairs and two small bedrooms upstairs.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_12703\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12703\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12703\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.projectsmallhouse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/emmons_cottage-c.jpg?resize=500%2C375&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-12703\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Back and Side of Emmons Cottage<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>It is called the Emmons Cottage because Julia T. Emmons is the earliest known resident, listed in 1924.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: 0;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/embed?pb=!4v1697407050971!6m8!1m7!1sxfYVkRlhWP8coYF4tXxZwg!2m2!1d29.29004585477328!2d-81.05737718730205!3f199.61685331210376!4f-0.015546058073482527!5f0.4000000000000002\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\nEmmons Cottage original location, on the corner of Dix Avenue and Palmetto Street, now North Beach Street.<br \/>\nThe house overlooked the Halifax River.<\/p>\n<p>The house was originally on the other side of the bridge. It overlooked Halifax River at the corner of what is now 150 North Beach Street.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u00a0\u2018The concentrated settlement of Ormond Beach began in 1873. That year representatives of Phillip Corbin, owner of the Corbin Lock Company, New Britain, Connecticut, visited to find land for a colony of workers. (I guessed canal locks, but no, it is decorative hardware locks.) He bought land that had been cleared for timber and named it New Britain, too. A dozen employees were moved into bunk beds in a 14&#215;24 wood shanty with a palmetto thatched roof. They dug wells and planted orange trees.<\/p>\n<p>In 1875, Corbin Lock Company divided the land into lots running east-west and put in eleven streets with four to eight lots per block.\u00a0 The held a drawing to distribute the lots to employees and their families. One of these families, \u201cthe McNary family became one of the most influential in New Britain.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Emmons Cottage, a \u201csmall frame vernacular residence\u201d was just across Dix Street from their house, which still stands at the corner of Dix Avenue and North Beach Street.<\/p>\n<p>In 1881 a six-foot wide sidewalk was built on the west side of Palmetto (now Beach) Street. This sidewalk would have passed in front of Emmons Cottage. By 1886\/1887 the population was 300, with a post office, two stores, a blacksmith shop and a school. Three times a week a stage coach could take you along a sandy trail from St. Augustine or Volusia for $5.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Excerpted from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ormondbeach.org\/DocumentCenter\/View\/10522\/Historic-Properties-Survey-of-Ormond-Beach-July-1986\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Historic Properties Survey of Ormond Beach Florida<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"attachment_12700\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12700\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12700\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.projectsmallhouse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/emmons_cottage.jpg?resize=500%2C375&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-12700\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Emmons Cottage (circa 1885) has two rooms downstairs and two small bedrooms upstairs<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In 1998, the Emmons Cottage might have been torn down. A local artist bought the cottage for $5000. She had 40 days to move it. With help from local residents, organizations and businesses, the house was moved to where you can see it now.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_12707\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12707\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12707\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.projectsmallhouse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/emmons_cottageg.jpg?resize=500%2C375&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-12707\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Emmons Cottage was moved from the original location facing the Hallifax River.<br \/>The porch was removed and the little house was loaded onto a flatbed trailer and relocated. The house weighed 10,000 pounds and was 20.5-feet high.<br \/>Photo is a page of <a href=\"https:\/\/tap-a-tour.com\/11-Emmons\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ormond Memorial Art Museum &amp; Gardens by Ronald L Howel and Alice R Howell<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Newspaper reports say they began by separating the roof and the porch. The house originally stood on 12 piers, so a new foundation was built to receive the house. (I read discussion of footers, brick and block piers, but I can\u2019t find which they settled on. It looks like piers.)<\/p>\n<p>It only took 30 minutes to move the house from its original location, across the bridge, to the new setting behind the museum. The house was re-assembled and renovated.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_12706\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12706\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12706\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.projectsmallhouse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/emmons_cottage-f.jpg?resize=500%2C375&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-12706\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Emmons Cottage has board and batten siding. The original windows were restored and re-installed.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In 2000 Emmons Cottage was further restored by the Garden Club of Halifax County with a refurbished porch and a new roof of five-crimp aluminum.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_12704\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12704\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12704\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.projectsmallhouse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/emmons_cottage-d.jpg?resize=500%2C500&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.projectsmallhouse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/emmons_cottage-d.jpg?w=500&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.projectsmallhouse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/emmons_cottage-d.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-12704\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Emmons Cottage Back Door<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The house has been painted inside and out and furnished with period furniture.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_12710\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12710\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12710\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.projectsmallhouse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/emmons_cottage-window.jpg?resize=500%2C500&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.projectsmallhouse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/emmons_cottage-window.jpg?w=500&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.projectsmallhouse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/emmons_cottage-window.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-12710\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Garden Club of Halifax County added flower boxes to Emmons Cottage<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Later heat, a ceiling fan and a window air-conditioner were added, the original windows restored and re-installed with new flower boxes.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_12709\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12709\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12709\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.projectsmallhouse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/emmons_cottage-plaque.jpg?resize=500%2C500&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.projectsmallhouse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/emmons_cottage-plaque.jpg?w=500&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.projectsmallhouse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/emmons_cottage-plaque.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-12709\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Emmons Cottage c.1885<br \/>Ormond Beach Pioneer Home<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Emmons Cottage<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This Victorian pioneer cottage (circa 1885) was constructed of termite-resistant Heart of Pine and relocated from North Beach Street. It was renovated by the Garden Club of the Halifax Country in 1998.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ormondartmuseum.org\/art-garden\/omam-garden-map.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ormond Garden Map: Emmons Cottage<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"attachment_12708\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12708\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12708\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.projectsmallhouse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/emmons_cottage-gallery.jpg?resize=500%2C375&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-12708\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A little library to share art is made to look like Emmons Cottage.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Near the cottage is a little library to share mini art projects.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_12711\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12711\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12711\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.projectsmallhouse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/emmons_cottage-gallery-b.jpg?resize=500%2C375&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-12711\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Little Free Art Gallery at Emmons Cottage<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Cute idea! Instead of sharing books, sharing art!<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_12705\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12705\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12705\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.projectsmallhouse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/emmons_cottage-e.jpg?resize=500%2C500&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.projectsmallhouse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/emmons_cottage-e.jpg?w=500&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.projectsmallhouse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/emmons_cottage-e.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-12705\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Folk Victorian Historic Emmons Cottage at Ormond Memorial Art Museum &amp; Gardens<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>Folk Victorian Design<\/h2>\n<p>The cottage is Folk Victorian design. \u00a0The Emmons Cottage was built by the Halifax River using native Florida Pine.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Folk and Vernacular Victorian<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Folk Victorian refers to a style of American home that is relatively plain in its construction but embellished with decorative trim\u2026.<\/p>\n<p>These home were usually square or L-shaped, and often sported gables and porches. However, they did not have turrets, bay windows, or other complicated construction.<\/p>\n<p>What gave these plain homes their Folk Victorian nomenclature was the prefabricated trim, which was machine produced and could (and was) shipped by rail just about anywhere. These machine-made embellishments appeared as brackets under the eves of gabled roofs and as spindle or flat porch railings and trim. As the railroad expanded, it brought Folk Victorian to American small towns.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.oldhouseweb.com\/style-gallery\/victorian-houses\/folk-victorian\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Old House Web: Folk And Vernacular Victorian <\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>You can find PDFs online of plan books with very small houses just like this. They were distributed by architectural companies. They have a description and a drawing of each house with a basic floor plan and often front and side elevations. I\u2019ve shared some of them.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.projectsmallhouse.com\/blog\/?s=Historic+Plans\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Historic Plans &gt;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The historic Emmons Cottage is a Florida Cracker Cottage. It is near the parking for the Ormond Memorial Art Museum &amp; Gardens. The Art Museum is just past The Casements, the Rockefeller Estate near the beach on Granada Blvd. It is 994 square foot 2-story&nbsp;<a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.projectsmallhouse.com\/blog\/2023\/10\/emmons-cottage-a-restored-1886-folk-victorian-pioneer-cottage-in-ormond-beach-florida\/\">&hellip;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12699,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[21,18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12695","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-inspiration","category-small-house-history"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.projectsmallhouse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/featured-emmons_cottage.jpg?fit=810%2C431&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":13885,"url":"https:\/\/www.projectsmallhouse.com\/blog\/2024\/04\/nordic-garden-allotment-houses\/","url_meta":{"origin":12695,"position":0},"title":"Nordic Garden Allotment Houses","author":"Carla","date":"April 22, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"This photo showed up on Facebook of houses surrounded by oval hedges with no roads. The caption was nonsense, so I used Google Image Search to see what it really is, De Runde Haver or Oval Gardens, N\u00e6rum, Denmark. The gardens are in N\u00e6rum, Denmark, north of Copenhagen. A garden\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Gardens&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Gardens","link":"https:\/\/www.projectsmallhouse.com\/blog\/category\/gardens\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.projectsmallhouse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/featured-allotment_garden_house.jpg?fit=810%2C431&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.projectsmallhouse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/featured-allotment_garden_house.jpg?fit=810%2C431&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.projectsmallhouse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/featured-allotment_garden_house.jpg?fit=810%2C431&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.projectsmallhouse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/featured-allotment_garden_house.jpg?fit=810%2C431&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":3764,"url":"https:\/\/www.projectsmallhouse.com\/blog\/2018\/06\/little-cottage-co-saras-victorian-mansion-kit\/","url_meta":{"origin":12695,"position":1},"title":"Little Cottage Co. Sara\u2019s Victorian Mansion Kit","author":"Carla","date":"June 24, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Oh WOW! I love this! A do-it-yourself kit to build a little Victorian mansion. Little Cottage Co. makes a lot of different playhouses. They are all absolutely wonderful. They are all Amish made in Ohio. See the Latest Price on Amazon > There are two kits. One is 8\u2019 x\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Inspiration&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Inspiration","link":"https:\/\/www.projectsmallhouse.com\/blog\/category\/inspiration\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Little Cottage Co. 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Katrina Cottages were an alternative to trailers and temporary housing. And they were adorable. Designer Marianne Cusato and architect Eric Moser won the 2006 People's Design Award from the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;House Plans&quot;","block_context":{"text":"House Plans","link":"https:\/\/www.projectsmallhouse.com\/blog\/category\/house-plans\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"FEMA Katrina Cottage photo from Wikimedia by Jennifer Smits","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.projectsmallhouse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/katrina_cottage.jpg?fit=760%2C400&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.projectsmallhouse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/katrina_cottage.jpg?fit=760%2C400&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.projectsmallhouse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/katrina_cottage.jpg?fit=760%2C400&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.projectsmallhouse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/katrina_cottage.jpg?fit=760%2C400&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":13930,"url":"https:\/\/www.projectsmallhouse.com\/blog\/2023\/09\/my-favorite-books-cottages-by-brian-coleman-and-douglas-keister\/","url_meta":{"origin":12695,"position":3},"title":"My Favorite Books: Cottages by Brian Coleman and Douglas Keister","author":"Carla","date":"September 29, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"I want to share another of my favorite home design books. Cottages by Brian Coleman with photos by Douglas Keister is filled with inspiration. If small houses make you happy, I'm sure you will love this book, too. Cottages by Brian Coleman (Author), Douglas Keister (Photographer) Cottages - small, romantic\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Inspiration&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Inspiration","link":"https:\/\/www.projectsmallhouse.com\/blog\/category\/inspiration\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Cottages by Brian Coleman (Author), Douglas Keister (Photographer)","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.projectsmallhouse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/featured-book-cottages.jpg?fit=810%2C431&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.projectsmallhouse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/featured-book-cottages.jpg?fit=810%2C431&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.projectsmallhouse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/featured-book-cottages.jpg?fit=810%2C431&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.projectsmallhouse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/featured-book-cottages.jpg?fit=810%2C431&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":8422,"url":"https:\/\/www.projectsmallhouse.com\/blog\/2020\/10\/comparing-pre-fab-chicken-coops-and-little-cottage-company-chicken-coop-kits\/","url_meta":{"origin":12695,"position":4},"title":"Comparing Pre-Fab Chicken Coops and Little Cottage Company Chicken Coop Kits","author":"Carla","date":"October 1, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"When we were comparing barns, we noticed chicken coops. More and more of our neighbors are raising chickens. We hear roosters from every direction in the morning and we see chickens in fenced yards every time we walk the dog. 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