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Hobbs's architecture: containing designs and ground plans for villas, cottages and other edifices, both suburban and rural, adapted to the United States. With rules for criticism, and introduction (1876)

Hobbs, Isaac H., and son, Philadelphia · Philadelphia, J. B. Lippincott & co. · leaf 48

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; 17, summer-house; 18, rear porch. This plan is not necessarily an expensive one.With these dimensions it will cost, as drawn, $40,000:finely hammer-dressed stone walls; walnut finish infirst and second floors; yet, by reducing the size ofrooms to moderate size, stones, etc., it can be builtas… … FIRST FLOOR. (43) DESIGN XII. SUBURBAN RESIDENCE. This design was built for Mr. Dick, Esq., of Mead-ville, Pennsylvania. It is built of stone, with a roofof slate; the interior has been completed in the bestmanner, with marble mantels, low-down grates, etc.It is sumptuous without ostentation, and…

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