They are all of great interest and will be viewed later herein, but they are too few to constitute the picture of Nantucket town as a whole, which consists of about 400 old houses. Then what are the kinds of houses which do constitute our old Nantucket? To find out, we have taken a census which analyzes each house on all or much of the length of most of the streets in the old sections, viz.: Union, Main to Flora; Orange, Main to Lyon; Fair, the entire length; Pleasant, Main to and including Moors End; Middle Main, Fair to the Monument; Upper Main, Monument to head of the street; Gardner, Main to Liberty; Liberty, near Centre to Gardner; Pearl, near Centre to North Liberty; Centre, Gay to West Chester; Lily, Centre to North Liberty; Academy Lane, Centre to Westminster; Gay, Centre to Westminster; Hussey, Centre to North Liberty; Quince, Centre to Westminster. Omitted from this census are the thirty-six acres of the central district which were completely burned out by the conflagration of 1846 and therefore contain no structures over ninety years of age. It then, as now, included all of the business section. Many of the stores, as on Centre Street, were rebuilt quickly in an intended temporary manner, but the decline of the whaling industry and its attendant prosperity coinciding with this time, much of the temporary remained permanent. Fortunately, the numerous new styles had not arrived in 1846 and many of the dwellings built anew in the burned area were in the old taste, attractive and dignified. This area was bounded approximately by South Wharf and Salem Street, Both sides of Main, Union to Orange, Both sides of Centre, Rose Lane to Broad Street, Both sides of Broad, Centre to No. Water (excluding Ocean House), Both sides of North Water, Broad to Ash and Sea, Eastward from all the above to the harbor. Our drawing, numbered 17, shows the outline of this conflagration district. CENSUS The purpose is to analyze each house in respect to a considerable number of predominant features so as to arrive at totals which will indicate the prevailing characteristics of the old houses. These are exterior features on the front of the house or conspicuously visible from the street. In these old districts we have tabulated 319 old dwellings, interspersed with 46 of modern or mixed design. As this includes about two-thirds of the old houses, it is representative of the whole as the rest are known to be of the same types. Here is the list of features and the number of times each was recorded: Walls--wood 311; brick 8. Exterior Surface of Front Wall--shingles 179; clapboards 132; brick 8. Exposed Foundations--brick 246; stone 65; modern replacements 8. Height of Foundation above Ground, viz., height of first floor above ground-- High (generally with 3 or 4 panes of glass vertically in basement windows) 140.