Apartment House

a structure built to accommodate a number of families each in its own set of rooms, which form a separate dwelling with Bi io PRET eee: ‘ AAS ws ele 4 Ae ILE i RAP cae ieee be | nt i ee Bill wus es ¢ 2 Pam 4 Leh RAM Se, ii i 4 aga! | Sek AMERICAN APARTMENT HOUSE. an entrance of its own. The term is! chiefly used in the United States, where such dwellings are of comparatively recent introduction; but houses of this kind have long been built in Europe. In New York and other American cities there are now great blocks of such houses, which provide excellent and commodious dwellings at a lower rent than if each were a sep: arate building. z