560 



NEW ENGLAND EAIIMER. 



D£C. 



A SUBURBAN BESIDEWCE. 



We copy from the August number of The Hor- 

 ticulturist one of Mr. Harney's attractive de- 

 signs of a dwelling suited to the suburbs of a city. 

 Persons about building may be greatly aided by 

 referring to, or carefully studying designs from 

 the hands of persons so well qualified as is Mr. 

 Harney to prepare them. Even with the im- 

 proved taste of the age in architectural matters, 

 nothing is more common than to -witness a depar- 

 ture from all good taste and correct architectural 

 principles in the construction of our dwellings. 

 We do not give this design, and other original 

 ones, which we intend to present, merely as pic- 

 tures to embellish our columns, but because they 

 have an intrinsic value to those who wish to build 

 and are willing to consult them. The editor of 

 the Horticulturist, in describing this design, says : 



The design which we here offer, was made for 

 a gentleman in the vicinity of a neighboring city, 

 and, we think, will be found adapted to the wants 

 of many of our suburban builders ; combining, as 

 it does, economy with convenience, and having, 

 also, some slight pretensions to ornament in its 

 exterior 



It is to be constructed of wood, and may be 

 covered in the vertical manner Mith sound inch- 

 and-a-quarter plank, and two-and-a-half-inch bat- 

 tens. The front door is shielded by a broad hood, 



supported on heavy brackets ; all the lower win- 

 dows have broad plank hoods. The height of the 

 first story is ten feet in the clear, and the second 

 is seven feet high at the plates and ten in the cen- 



