The architecture of country houses : including designs for cottages, farm houses, and villas, with remarks on interiors, furniture, and the best modes of warming and ventilating (1851)
Downing, A. J. (Andrew Jackson), 1815-1852, Anderson, Alexander, 1775-1870 · New York : D. Appleton & Company, 200 Broadway ; Philadelphia : Geo S. Appleton, 164 Chestnut-Street · leaf 379
[Fig. 142. Exterior of Southern Country House.] Tlie lii-st story is intended to be 12 and the second 9 feet inthe clear. The chinniey-stacks are drawn over in the garret,80 as to come out on the ridge of the roof. * The floors of verandas, in this climate, should always, if possible, be made… … DESIGNS FOR VILLAS OR COUNTRY HOUSES. 317 Estimate. The cost of this house would vary from $2500to $3000, depending upon the locality where it is built, theprice of lumber, labor, etc., which varies largely at the South. Yariation. If we suppose the body of this house increasedin depth, so that it…
Architecture, Domestic
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