The house, a manual of rural architecture, or, How to build country houses and out-buildings : embracing the origin and meaning of the house ; the art of house-building, including planning, style and construction ; desings and descriptions of cottages farm-houses, villas and out-buildings, of various cost and in the different styles of architecture, etc., etc. ; and an appendix containing recipes for paints and washes, stucco, rough-cast, etc. ; and instructions for roofing, building with rough stone, unburnt brick, balloon frames, and the concrete or gravel wall ; with numerous original plans (1866)
Jacques, D. H. (Daniel Harrison), 1825-1877 · New York : The American News Company, 39 and 41 Chambers Street · leaf 63
Ckllak Plan. jj^jg cottage can be built for $595 ; or if inclosed with clear, narrow clap-boards, for about $16 more.Fig. 23. As an example to show the form ofsuch a document,we give in theAppendix (I) Mr.Graefs specifica-tions for such acottage. Building forShow.—We often-er build to gratify the… … I FiMT Ft-ooe Plan. Stort-and-a-Half Cottages. 61 venience for tlje gratification of occasional hospitality, or osten-tation.—L. F. Allen. Fig. 24 ra ] Speaking Tubes.—Speaking tubes may beintroduced with advan-tage into all houses, espe-cially those of more thanone story. By their meansa sort of…
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