FREESTONE COTTAGE. 



Preparations are making by a gentleman of ability and taste, for erecting a splendid man 

 sion the ensuing season, on a beautiful lot a few rods to the north. Directly in front of 

 the cottage on the opposite side of the street, between the fine residences, lies a little for- 

 est of evergreens, ornamental trees, &c.; while on the south, are the beautiful grounds, 

 crowded with the richest 

 variety of trees, shrubbe- 

 ry and flowers, which 

 surround the fine resi- 

 dence of the late Richard 

 Alsop, Esq. 



The cottage stands back 

 100 feet from the street, 

 on a lot having a front of 

 210 feet, the lines of which 

 extend so far back of the 

 house as to contain two 

 acres, which is well stock- 

 ed with trees of the choic- 

 est varieties from the va- 

 rious nurseries of the 

 country, mostly selected 

 and planted by the pro- 

 prietor himself. They 

 were planted 2 and 3 

 years since, in the richest Principal Floor. 



soil, and with extra care; and their unexampled growth has well repaid all the labor and 

 attention bestowed on them. 



Seen from the street, 

 the proportions of the 

 cottage are very pleasing. 

 The length of the build- 

 ing (exclusive of veranda) 

 is 43 i feet, breadth 39^ 

 feet. The basement is di- 

 vided by brick walls into 

 a vegetable cellar under 

 the south part, a large 

 front cellar, which makes 

 a cool dining room in the 

 summer months, with an 

 apartment in the rear of 

 it for a furnace, coal, &c. 

 The north part is divided 

 into a bathing room and 

 cistern on the east; a 

 kitrlicn, provided with a 



range and cistern on the west, and between them, sunk deep in the enrth beneath 

 nc stair-way, is a cold cellar for the purpose of keeping butter, &c. The whole cel- 



CuAMBER Floor. 



