The seven-room house, which had not been made available for sale for 55 years, had been avidly sought by private buyers as well as by public-spirited groups.

The seven-room house is constructed of board-and-batten and has a sheltered entryway, typical of Prairie School designs.

But she had five veephones in her seven-room house, one being at her bedside.

"Overnight," he said, showing off his seven-room house.

It enabled him to buy his parents a seven-room house.

She said the owner of the mall had offered to buy the seven-room house in which she was born to build an addition on to the shopping center.

The original housing units comprised two-, four- and five-room houses and a few seven-room houses.

The original seven-room house was expanded several times.

The seven-room house, which cost $100,000, was put up and decorated in 36 hours.

Mr. Marchesini's seven-room house, set on a little under an acre of land, cost him $163,000.