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keeping 1 them clean, and are really no ornament, as 

 taken in keeping with other articles usually accom- 

 panying the country. 



The lire place in the parlor is designed to be car- 

 ried to a level with the chamber floor, and then car- 

 ried horizontally along the side of wall until it 

 reaches the partition of chambers, when it may rise 

 diagonally to the center. Some may prefer a sheet 

 iron flue, which could, like a stove pipe, be removed 

 from the chamber during the summer months. In 

 the elevation No. 2 the chimney rises direct. Some 

 may prefer that, as tending to break the uniformity, 

 which by the way, seems among architects of the 

 present day to be more the intention in their designs, 

 than to give positions suited to the real wants of 

 daily life. 



That my estimates of costs are correct, I can only 

 say that they are such as I have contracted in build- 

 ing this house, (plan No. 1,) and are therefore reality 

 and not fiction or supposition. 



Permit me now to take you through the rooms, 

 entering, as we should, at the main or front entrance. 

 First, we have a hall 8 feet wide, running the entire 

 length of the main house. From this hall, 13 feet 

 from the rear, commence the stairs, ascending 8 feet, 

 to a platform of 4 feet wide, where they turn, and 

 again rise to the chambers. Upon our left, as we 

 enter the hall, is first the parlor, 16 by 18 feet, and 

 next adjoining it the dining room, 16 by 14. Open- 

 ing from this, we have the front of wing, 16 by 16, a 

 large bed room; and from this, as also from the din- 

 ing room, are doors to kitchen, 11 by 16; a fire place 

 in both bed room and kitchen, and connected with 

 that in the laller, should always be built a brick oven. 

 The dining room may be warmed by a stove, grate, 

 or fire place, and may be carried to the chimney from 

 the kitchen, or a hot air drum may be placed in the 

 chamber overhead, and the heat pass that way, and 

 so conduct on to the chimney in the center of the 



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main house. The pantry is shown from the kitchen, 

 the cellar stairs, and also a small room for servants; 

 or where no servants are kept, the latter may be left 

 for a wood house. 



The conservatory or green house in rear of the 

 dining room may or may not be constructed, as taste 

 and means indicate; if it is, the window should be 

 built the same as that in front. This dining room 

 and parlor are separated by folding doors upon hinges; 

 as not often expected to be wanted, and as costing 

 less than when constructed to roll or slide, the latter 

 is, of course preferable. The cellar is designed to 

 be 7 feet deep, and the whole house to stand 18 

 inches from the ground. 



A closet is seen by side of chimney in kitchen, 

 the lower part of which is designed for kettles, etc., 

 and the upper for crockery or china closet. The 

 closet opening into the bed room I think should con- 

 tain a bath tub, and be so arranged that warm or cold 

 water could be received from the kitchen. Ward- 

 robes, separately built, and placed each side of the 

 bay window would be suited to the room. 



Let us now go back to the hall. On the right, 

 just at the foot of the stairs, we enter the library, 

 12 by 16 feet, having a fire place and a closet, as 

 seen in the plan. In the rear of this, is again a bed 

 room, 10 by 16, opening from the hall, and also with 

 a fire place and closet. The rear of this I would 

 cut off from the rest of the house by a continuous 

 partition; and in large families, where much help is 

 kept, a door should open from the outside into a small 

 hall, 4 by 4, as shown, and then a bed room 8 by 12; 

 and again two bed rooms 8 by 8. These furnish 

 suitable rooms for farm laborers, and save the travel 

 and dirt through the main hall, and so up stairs. 

 The same also of the bed room for servants, in rear 

 of kitchen. It is near their work, and .no excuse 

 can be offered to pass through any rooms, except to 

 sweep them, &c. The bed room in rear of library 



