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 (1854)
Bullock, John · New York, Stringer & Townsend · leaf 42
by a simple opening. In this chapter we have made free use of Mr. Allex on Improving cottages for the laborer. * In houses of two or more stories, it would be better to draw the air forthe supply of the fire; and also for ventilating the rooms, from the staircase,the air in it being warmer than the… … CHAPTER III. TERRA DEL F U E G O COTTAGE. From Commodore Wilkes report of his 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…
Architecture, Domestic
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