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 58
ons of water per year It is generally considered the best to have cottages frontthe south, the west, or the south-west, especially in coldilimates. In cold climates, prominence should be given to thechimney,top, both as to its size and its mode of construction.It is suggestive of comfort,… … Ny* ■il,lW(..^f*„t»«i THE AMERICAN COTTAGE BUILDER. 43 CHAPTER VI. THE VILLACxE COTTAGE. This desigx, by Jackso.v, represents a style of cottagesmuch recommended and adopted in England. It should bebuilt of stone, the walls about eighteen inches thick, and issuitable for mechanics. It consists of a…
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