THE GENESEE FARMER. 



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DESIGN FOR A SMALL FARM-HOUSE. 



DESIGN FOR A SMALL FARM-HOUSE. 



Thk above design is for a neat, but not expensive 

 farm-house, to be built of stone, brick or wood, 

 with a cellar under that portion of it where the 

 staircase, bed-roona and pantry are, 20 feet square 

 — the stairs leading to it being under the main 

 staircase, and entered from the kitchen. 



Second floor — four bed-rooms. There may be 

 a fire place in the back bed-room, or the chimney 

 may be carried up plain witli a stove-pipe hole, and 

 with a stone in the floor ; the room may be warmed 

 by the stove-pipe from the kitchen stove. A fire- 

 place is designed in the kitchen for summer use, if 

 desired. 



MAIN FLOOB. 



The main portion of the house, where the parlor 

 nd kitchen are, will be 34 by 20 feet, if built of 

 one or brick, and 83 by 19 if of wood; the hight 

 ' walls 1-4 feet to the plates — lower rooms, 10 

 6t. A, parlor ; K, kitchen ; H, entrance, 6 by 5 ; 

 , bed-room ; P, pantry ; 0, closet, entered from 

 }d-room. 



SECOND FLOOR. 



The large front room up-stairs would make a 

 pleasant sitting-room, if desired. Our engraver haa 

 made a mistake in putting the two principal win- 

 dows only two panes of glass wide, instead of 

 three ; and the verandah should have a curved roof. 

 The ends of the rafters are trimmed and brought 

 down to appear as brackets, and the ornamental 



