Cottage residences : or, A series of designs for rural cottages and cottage villas, and their gardens and grounds. Adapted to North America (1847)
Downing, A. J. (Andrew Jackson), 1815-1852 · New York : Wiley and Putnam · leaf 120
of that season. Indeed, we think a veryingenious architect might produce an American cottage style,by carefully studying the capabilities of this mode, so aboundingin picturesqueness, and so easily executed. In actual fitness for domestic purposes, in this country, wethink this bracketted mode has… … Fig 37. COTTAGE RESIDENCES. 93 wood, and brick covered by cement. Its comparative lightnessof character renders it well suited for wood, and the protectionafforded by the projection of the roof, will give complete secur-ity and dryness to the walls, rendering good stucco or cementin such a…
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