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XEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



Oct. 





RUKAIi ARCHITECTUKE. 

 DESIGN FOR A VILLAGE RESIDENCE, BY GEO. E. HARNEY, LYNN, MASS. 



DESIGNED AND ENGILIVED EXPRESSLY FOK THE NEW EKGLAND FAUIIEK. 



The accompanying is offered as one of a series 

 of designs intended to supply a want that has long 

 been felt, of suitable models and plans for plain, 

 compact and inexpensive residences, convenient 

 in plan and appropriate in style for town lots or 

 situations on thickly settled suburban streets. 



The construction of this design is of wood, and 

 in style it partakes chiefly of the Italian charac- 

 ter. It is two full stories in height — without at- 

 tics — and measures thirty feet on each side, ex- 

 clusive of the" porch at the front entrance and a 

 small one-story addition in the rear for a pantry 

 and sink-room. The roof is nearly flat and is 

 surmounted by an observatory, which is the most 

 prominent feature of the design. Between the 

 roof and the ceiling of the chambers under it is 

 ample space for ventilating the whole house. 



The first story measures ten feet high in the 

 clear, the second is nine feet, and the cellar, ex- 

 tending under the whole house, is seven feet in 

 height. 



Construction. — The frame is composed of 

 spruce timbers — all except the sills, which should 

 be of pine. The following are the dimensions : — 

 Posts 4 inches by 8 inches and 21 feet high ; sills 8 



by 8 ; girths 4 by 8 ; plates 4 by 6 ; braces 3 by 5, 

 (diagonal pieces bracing the posts to sills, girths 

 and plates where necessary ;) studs 2 by 4 and 16 

 inches from centres, (i. e. from the centre of one 

 to the centre of its neighbor ;) window and door 

 studs 3 by 4 ; principal floor joists 4 by 10 and 4 

 by 9 ; common floor joists 2 by 10 and 2 by 9, 

 and 18 inches from centre ; trimmers and lead- 

 ers 3 by 10 and 3 by 9, (timbers running along 

 side of chimneys, staircase, &c. ;) rafters 2 by 9. 

 All the floors should be cross bridged in lengths 

 of over twelve feet. 



The walls, roof and all under floors may be 

 covered with hemlock boards. The outside and 

 inside finish should of clear, sound pine. The 

 roofs may be covered with tin and painted, or with 

 one of the patent cements now much used. Ham- 

 mond's mastic roofing is recommended, the cost 

 being five cents per foot, while that of tin is ten 

 cents per foot. The walls are to be covered with 

 pine clapboards, laid not over 4A inches to the 

 weather. 



Inside Finish. — The walls and ceilings are to 

 be lathed, plastered and skim-coated. The wood 

 work is to be of pine ; the door and window trim- 



