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A sleeping porch is: a deck or balcony, sometimes screened. Or otherwise enclosed with screened windows. And furnished for sleeping in warmer months. 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.

See also※

• Arizona room
• Screened porch

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