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THE GENESEE FARMER. 



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DESIGN FOR A FARM OR COUNTRY HOUSE— WITH GROUND PLANS, ELEVATION, EXPENSE, &c, 



BY F. R. ELLIOTT, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO. 



In offering the accompanying plan for a eheap 

 and commodious country house, I do not lay especial 

 claim to originality in all particulars, although I do 

 not know of cine exactly, like unto it ever having 

 been published or built. 



The elevation and ground plan marked No. 1, 

 comprise the house as I myself prefer it. 



I will confine myself to the elevation and ground 

 plan No. 1. It is particularly designed to point 

 either north or west, and should, if possible, be 

 placed upon a slight rise of ground from the adjoin- 

 ing public highway or surrounding grounds. 



The value of land in the country, as compared 

 with the disadvantages of basements for kitchens, 

 etc., should not receive a thought; and while this 

 plan may he said to cover a large area of ground, I 

 trust to be able to show that it can be built for a 

 much smaller amount of money than any plan of 

 equal convenience, room and character yet published. 

 A free circulation of air, connected with large and 

 convenient rooms, are material points, and in this 

 they may be had. The size of cellar may be accord- 

 ing to the wishes of the builder, but my estimate 

 and plan is for a cellar only under the wing hi which 

 is the kitchen, that being of size sufficient to hold 

 all vegetable-, &tc, that will be required for the con- 

 sumption of a large family. Vegetables for stock 



should, for easy access in feeding, as well as the 

 injurious effects sometimes resulting from a too large 

 quantity stowed in the house cellar, always be con- 

 fined to the barn cellar. 



The main house is 24 by 32 feet, with 18 feet 

 posts, and having a porch 7 feet wide in front, sup- 

 ported with brackets. The wings are each 16 by 40 

 with 11 feet posts, and falling back 12 feet from the 

 front of the main building. 'Of the first story front, 

 the main building has a single panel door, and one 

 large window, opening each way inside upon hinges. 

 The wings have each an oriel or bay window, pro- 

 jecting one foot, and having the center lights of glass 

 hung upon hinges, to open inside. The second story 

 front, the two windows, like the one below, are divi- 

 ded by a heavy style, and open inside. The covering, 

 as indicated in the elevation, is to be of inch pine 

 boards that have been run through a planing machine, 

 and cut to a width and thickness. These battened 

 with half inch stuff three inches wide. As the lower 

 story of the main building, as well as the wings, are 

 all designed to be 11 feet high in the clear, it is evi- 

 dent that the best length of boards will-be 12 feet, 

 as they will allow of no waste. 



The estimate of cost here given is for plain but 

 good work. No mouldings, turnings or carvings, as 

 all such onlv add to the labor of the housewife in 



