The American cottage builder : a series of designs, plans, and specifications, from $200 to $20,000, for homes for the people ; together with warming, ventilation, drainage, painting and landscape gardening (1876)
Bullock, John · Philadelphia : Henry Carey Baird & Co., Industrial Publishers, 810 Walnut Street · leaf 42
even by a simple opening. In this chapter we have made free use of Mr. Allen on Improving cottages for the laborer. * In houses of two or more stories, it would be better to draw the air fortlie supply of the fire; and also for ventilating the rooms, from the staircase,the air in it being warmer… … CHAPTER III. TEEEA DEL FUEGO COTTAGE. From Commodore Wilkes report of bis exploring expe-dition, we extract the following account of the Fueganhouses: The houses are generally built near the shore atthe head of some small bay, in some secluded spot, andsheltered from the prevailing winds. They are…
Architecture, Domestic
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