THE 



AMERICAN ARCHITECTS 



PUBLISHED MONTHLY AT $3 PER ANNUM, 

 (Single Numbers, 25 Gents,) 



THE object of this publication is to introduce ORIGINAL DESIGNS of Country 

 Seats adapted to the varied taste and circumstances of an American population : 

 from the elegant VILLA to the simple COTTAGE and plain FARM-HOUSE ; from 

 PLANTERS' MANSIONS to VILLAGE DOMICILS. In a word, every variety of RURAL 

 RESIDENCES will be embraced, in order to meet the views of every person desiring 

 a COUNTRY HOUSE. In respect to style, cost, arrangement, finish, &c., utility 

 will never be sacrificed : economy in the outlay, with an appropriate style, will 

 always be kept in view. The requisite details, specifications, plans, and direc 

 tions, with a careful and reliable estimate of the cost, will accompany each design 

 These are essential features of a Practical Work, and no labor will be spared in 

 their preparation. 



Of the diversity of human dwellings, whether marked by elegance, convenience, 

 or utility, or by the want of them, none can compare in national importance and 

 philosophical interest with the Farm-House the Homestead of our species. 



A triple value attaches to that class of men which feeds all others. With pri- 

 meval farmers, man's social faculties were first unfolded. With them society 

 began : and among whatever people its shaft has become polished and its capital 

 enriched, it still rests on the cultivators of the soil. So, of their profession, agri- 

 culture is the great parent of the arts, while its prepared products will forever 

 be the most essential of all manufactures. Then it was in their dwellings that 

 Architecture itself had its birth ; it was they who first abandoned the tent with 

 pastoral life, and began to devise and construct fixed and permanent abodes. 



The estimates we give are based on New York prices ; including the best ma- 

 terials, workmanship, and finish. There is no doubt that in many parts of the 

 country, they may be materially diminished in every one of these respects eves 

 to the extent of one-half. 



The selection of designs by those about to build Country Residences is com 

 monly attended with embarrassment and always with expense. When furnished 

 by professional men, from general ideas communicated by proprietors, they are 

 seldom satisfactory. The American Architect, by furnishing a collection of designs 

 Adapted to all tastes and means, will remove every difiiculty in the choice, and 

 t;ave money expended on Plans of no use. It will furnish twelve Elevations, 

 Plans, and Specifications in each year, at a price not exceeding one-seventh of 

 the usual charge for one. 



Every handsome residence adds value to the grounds attached to it ; hence the 

 importance of having such, by those who invest capital in this species of property. 



With regard to utility the proper distribution of the apartments and their 

 adaptation to the purposes intended is the most important point to be attended 

 to, and they are governed by the Plans. 



From among the great number of notices, we select the following : 



" The price is only 25 cents for each number, and it is surely next to impossible 

 but that such a periodical will obtain a wide circulation." New York Tribune. 



" This work promises to supply a want which has long existed, and to be ol 

 essential value." Salem Register. 



" This work cannot fail to be useful and popular." Boston Bee. 



" This is a good and beautiful work, and well adapted to effect a much desired 

 reform in American Architecture." Boston Traveller. 



Thi? Cost of building from the Plans given, will be from $600 to $5,000, with 

 comp Bte Specifications from a first-rate Mason and Carpenter, and the prices 

 given "<an be depended upon. 



