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EBVIEW. 



P'lirthcr description of interest will give a more correct impression of the inte- 

 rior, but our space docs not lulmit the whole. The cost without mantles, range, 

 or grates, was al)out $12,000. 



Design No. 12. — A Symmetrical Country HoTise. 





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Perspective View. 



" This design was prepared and executed for Mr. "W". L. Findlay, in the vicinity 

 of Newburgh, with the exception of the ventilating turret, which was a sugges- 

 tion made by me at the time the building was erected. This prominent feature 

 has not, however, yet been carried into execution ; still, it really forms an integral 

 part of the design, and as the composition would seem to be somewhat unfairly 

 represented without it, it is introduced in the sketch. It can be added, at any 

 time, for $70 or $80. There were some special requirements made by the pro- 

 prietor, in this instance, that are, perhaps, with some readers, calculated to give 

 additional interest to this plan. The house, during the summer months, was to 

 be, to all intents and purposes, a Southern house ; ample circulation of air was 

 to be provided, with plenty of veranda space ; and a cool, open arrangement of 

 rooms was especially asked for, as the house would be required to accommodate 

 agreeably many residents and visitors during the hot weather. On the other 

 hand, the plan was to be so arranged that, during the colder part of the year, the 

 house should be suited to the changed needs of its fewer inmates ; for it was the 

 intention of Mr. Findlay to occupy his residence all the year round. A com- 

 pletely fitted up and somewhat decorative principal floor, was also a point of im- 

 portance with the proprietor, who did not propose to expend any large amount on 

 his house, and whose instructions were for rooms of but moderate size, and for a 

 basement kitchen, so as to avoid the extra expense of a kitchen wing. In the 

 plan, it will be observed that a brick porch, connecting two verandas, and form- 

 ing with them one continuous piazza, opens on to the principal hall, which is 14 

 by 18. This hall communicates, by sliding doors, with the drawing-room on one 

 side, and the dining-room on the other. Each of these rooms has a bay-wind 

 end opposite the hall entrance, and thus, when the doors are thrown 



