All of the houses around here were “Dog Trot” type houses. Most have closed them up now since they have AC.

When I was a kid and used to stay with my Grandmother during the Summer, I would sleep in the Dog Trot. She got electricity during the 50s. She had an attic fan in the Dog Trot. She had doors on both ends of the Dog Trot.

At night, she would close one off and turn the the attic fan on. The attic fan would pull a hard breeze from under the huge Pecan trees just a few feet South of her house.

Even during the HOT Summertime, you would be reaching for a quilt during the night.

I did some hard sleeping in that Dog Trot listening to the katydids that were outside in those Pecan trees.