PLAN FOR A FARM COTTAGE. 



The accompanying plan is designed for a house that 

 will be within the means of most farmers. It is arranged 

 lo be built at separate times, or all together, as may best 

 suit the wants or ability of the builder. The object has 

 been to combine convenience and comfort with economy, 

 and at the same time have it make a pleasant appearance. 

 Economy in the use of fuel is aimed at in the arrange- 

 ment of fires, and for this reason stoves are used, and no 

 fire-places made except for the kitchen ; the chimneys 

 merely coming sufficiently below the ceiling of the upper 

 rooms to admit the pipe. The wing is eighteen feet by 

 twenty-four, with fourteen feet posts, the roof spanning 

 the long way, and contains the hall, stairs, a large room 

 and a small bed-room, and a closet under the stairs, on 

 the first floor, and two chambers with closets on the second 

 floor. The lower story to be eight or nine feet in the 

 clear, leaving a comfortable attic above. The main 

 building is eighteen feet by twenty -six, with eighteen feet 

 posts, with a piazza on two sides, which is to be extended 

 in front of the wing to shelter the door ; this contains the 

 parlor and bed-room, with a closet, and a passage commu 

 nicating with the other parts of the house, on the lower 

 floor, and two chambers with closets on the second floor. 

 The lower story to be ten feet high, the upper rooms to 

 be arched under the roof, making them from eight to nine 

 feet high. 



The rear is one story, eighteen feet by twenty- two, with 

 a piazza on one side, and contains the kitchen, pantry, 

 and cheese-room, back and cellar stairs. The cellar is 

 planned to extend under this part of the house, though it 

 can be made larger if desired. The outside cellar-door 

 and windows are shown in the elevation. The wood- 

 houM is to be joined to the rear of this, and is partly 



