262 OUT-OF-TOWN PLACES. 



Instances of this mode of construction are not 

 common in this country scarcely known indeed at 

 the North ; but quaint specimens are to be seen in 

 Louisiana and in Florida. By the favor of a friend, 

 I introduce a little sketch of a very modest building 

 of this sort in the neighborhood of New Orleans. 



I am sure that something larger might be done in 

 this way, which would have a very racy quaintness ; 

 and which, with its timber balcony and jutting 

 rooflets and ample porches might offer a very invit- 

 ing show. Brick may also be used effectively for the 

 filling in of such exposed carpentry of the frame ; and 

 if the timber be given a dark chocolate tint, the con- 

 trast is very striking and pleasing. I give a sketch of 

 such a house, the roof covered with shingles, or (bet- 

 ter still) red tiles ; and the basement of quarry chips. 



