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DESIGN FOR A SUBURBAN COTTAGE. 



DESIGN FOR A STTBTJEBAN COTTAGE. 



We present the readers of the Genesee Farmer 

 witli another of the chaste, simple, and yet very 

 beautiful designs by Mr. G. E. Harxet, of Lynn, 



OBOUND PLAK. 



Mass. Those already given have been favorably 

 received, and we are confident that this one will 

 afford valuable suggestions that will be made prac- 

 tical by many individuals. 



The sketches which we now 

 offer comprise a design and plan 

 for a cottage suitable for a sul)- 

 nrban or village lot. Though 

 the exterior is somewhat orna- 

 7nental in its character, there is 

 notliing about it costly or diffi- 

 cult of execution — no detail 

 which cannot easily be wrought 

 by any ordinary house carpen- 

 ter. It is designed to be of 

 wood, and covered in the usual 

 vertical and battened manner. 

 The roof projects two feet and 

 a half, and is supported on 

 brackets. The house should 

 rest on a foundation projecting at least three 

 feet above the level of the ground. The first 

 story is 10 ft. high in the clear, and the second 

 6 ft. at tlie eaves and 10 ft. high at the ceiling. 

 The plan comprises — No. 1, gallery, 5 ft. 

 wide; No. 2, hall, 7^ ft. wide and 20 ft. long, 

 containing stairs to chamber and cellar. From 

 the hall we enter No, 8, the parlor, 16 ft. square, 

 in the front of which, and forming its jirinciijal 

 feature, is a bay window overlooking the front 

 yard. No. 4 i.^ 15 ft. sijuare, and may be u»«ed 

 either as a bed-room or living-room. No. 5, 

 the kitchen, is 15 ft. by 16; it contains a large 

 closet, and connects with a pantry, No. 6, which 



