Sleeping porch

They can be on ground level or on a higher storey and on any side of a home.

A sleeping porch allows residents to sleep on a screened-in porch, avoiding warm convection currents from air and wall materials beneath or beside.

Before affordable electric fans and/or air conditioning were installed, families often created such rooms, well-aired, where children would sleep during summer.

The idea gained popularity in the early 1900s and became common in much of the United States.

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