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A sleeping porch is a deck or balcony that is screened and furnished for sleeping in the warmer months. Sleeping porches can be on ground level or on a higher storey and in either the front or back of a home. The idea of a sleeping porch dates back nearly a hundred years when people would sleep on a screened-in porch to get the coolness of the night air during summer without being bothered by bugs. Before the advent of air conditioning, families often created sleeping areas on outdoor porches, where children would sleep during the warmer months.
Sleeping porches first gained popularity at the turn of the 20th century. Many people believed that fresh air helped sufferers of tuberculosis, a respiratory-system illness which was the leading cause of death at that time in the United States. Health experts then also touted the benefits of fresh air for avoiding other illnesses.
Usage examples of "sleeping porch".
But she stayed at the house and slept on a cot on the sleeping porch at the far end of the house and used the guest room.
Curry, it all happened, and I took Granny home with me, and don't you know that the sleeping porch upstairs was just exactly the way we'd left it?
Walking through the tall grass behind his sleeping porch, he could not shed the sense of foreboding that his dream had cast over the day.
He slept on a big sleeping porch at the back of the house, and came and went as it suited him, without even seeing his wife for days sometimes.
I left, via the sleeping porch and my own room, then went downstairs barefooted and wearing just a wrapper, not stopping to see if Father threw Nancy out.
You never much cared for the way I'd take your Maire out on that sleeping porch in your apartment and give her a recreational screw on Sunday night.
He glanced toward the sleeping porch, where sunlight spread across a blanket, outlining two large feet.