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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
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NEW WORK ON" ARCHITECTURE. 
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ARCHITECTURAL DETAILS. 
CONTAINING 387 DESIGNS AND 967 ILLUSTRATIONS 
OF THE VARIOUS PARTS NEEDED IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF BUILDINGS, PUBLIC AND PRIVATE, BOTH FOR TEE CITY AND COUNTRY. 
„ . ALSO, PLANS AND ELEVATIONS OP 
HOUSES, STORES, COTTAGES, AND OTHER BUILDINGS. 
By M. F. CUMMINGS, A.M., Architect, 
Associate Author of " Architecture, by Ccmmings & Miller, 1 ' and " Modern American Architecture, by Cummings & Miller." 
Nearly eight years ago, the author of this work, in connection with Mr. C. C. Miller, architect, published a work on architectural details, which, as soon 
as it was presented to the architects, carpenters, and builders of the country, met with a rapid sale; and, judging from the number of editions through which 
it lias passed, and the great circulation reached, it must have met the approval of those most interested iu practical architectural works, and must have 
filled, in a measure, a want before nnsupplied. 
The success of that bonk has induced the author to publish a second one, which is now presented to the public, and in it will be found an extensive 
collection of designs, illustrating the features which <ro to make up structures, such as are needed to meet the wants of the American people. 
What has been aimed at is this : To present a mass of architectural details, easy of construction, pleasing in form, and generally of an inexpensive 
character and all so designed that a great variety of selections may be made from them, which, when combined in a building, will produce a harmonious 
whole; audit is believed by the author that this work will be found to be of value, and that its design is practicable, for there are hundreds of towns and 
villages, in all the States of the Union, in which the wants of the people continually demand the erection of buildings, largely of wood, and which in ihe 
hands of the builder and workman may be made elegant and pleasing in all their features, provided they have at hand a guide such as this book is intended to be. 
PLATE i .—Front Elevation of the Troy Times 
Building Troy. N. Y. 
PLATE 2.— Designs for Cornices for City Buildings 
: Fronts. Four Figures. 
PLATE 3.— Designs for Cornices for Street Fronts 
and for Suburban Bnildings. Six Figures. 
PLATE 4. -Designs for Cornices of Street Fronts 
and Suburban Buildings Nine Figures. 
PLATE 5.- Brick Cornices. Four Figure.-. 
PLATE (1. — Designs for Cornices for Conntry 
Houses. Ten Figures. 
PLATE 7.— Designs for Cornices for Store Fronts 
and for Sr :ep and French Roofs. Eleven Figures. 
PLATE 8.— Elevations of Fronts for City Dwelling 
Houses. Three Figures. 
PLATE 9.— Designs for French Roofs and their 
Finish. Two Figures. 
PLATE lO.— Designs for French Roofs and their 
Finish. Four Figures. 
PLATE 11.— Designs for Gahle Finish and Cor. 
niees for Cottages. Nine Figures. 
PLATE 18.— Designs for Cottage Cornices and 
Gable Finish. Six Figures 
PLATE 13.— Designs for Cornices and Gable 
Finish. Nine Figures. 
PLATE 14.— Designs for Front Entrance Doors. 
Three Figures. 
PLATE 8 5. — Designs for Front Entrance Doors for 
Dwelling Houses. Four Figures. 
PLATE 16. — Front Elevations and Plans for 
gllnnscs, First and Second Stories. 
PLATE 1 7 .—Design for Front Entrance Doors and 
Bay Window. One Figure. 
LIST OP PXj^LTBS. 
PLATE 18.— Design for Front Doors and Bay 
Window. One Figure. 
PLATE 19.— Designs for Single Windows, having 
Outside Casings or Architraves. Nine Figures. 
PLATE SO. -Designs for Windows with Arched 
Heads. Nine Figures. 
PLATE 21.— Designs for Double or Hnllion Win- 
dows. Nine Figures. 
PLATE 22. -Designs for Exterior Finish of Win- 
dows. Five Figures. 
Designs for Bay-Windows. Two 
PLATE 23. 
Figures. 
PLATE 24.— Front Elevation and Plans for Dwell- 
ing House. First and Second Stories. 
PLATE 25.— Designs for Bay- Windows. 
PLATE 26.— Designs for Dormer-Windows in 
Fi aicli B >ofs. Four Figures. 
PLATE 2J.— Designs for Dormer- Windows in 
French Roofs. Nine Figures. 
PLATE 28.— Des'gns for Dormer-Windows in 
French and High-Pitchcd Roofs. Five Figures. 
PLATE 29.— Designs for Window-Caps and Sills. 
Details A toE. 
PLATE 30.— Design for a Tower. Three Figures. 
PL ATI'] Z 1 . — Design for a Tower. Two Figures. 
PLATE 32. — Front Elevations of Two Brick 
Buildings. 
PLATE 33.— Design for a Tower. One Figure. 
PLATE 3 1.— Designs for Porches. Three Figures. 
PLATE 35.— Designs for Porches. Three Figures. 
PLATE 36.— Designs for Piazzas. Six Figures. 
PLATE 3'. — Designs for Piazzas. Five Figures. 
PLATE 3S.— Designs for Piazzas. Three Figures. 
PLATE 39.— Designs for Balconies and Railings. 
Nine Figures. 
PLATE 4rt.— Elevation and Plans of Dwelling- 
House. First and Second Stores. 
PLATE 41.— Designs for Railings and Canopies. 
Nine Figures. 
PLATE 42.— Designs for Belt-Courses, Water- 
Table-, and Corner-Boards. Nine Figures. 
PLATE 4 3.— Designs for Stairs and Outside Steps. 
Five Figures. 
PLATE 44.— Designs for Fronts of Stores. Two 
Figures. 
PLATE 45. — Designs for Store Fronts. Two 
Figures. 
PLATE 46. —Designs for Wainscoting. Four 
Figures. 
PLATE 47.— Designs for Inside Doors. Wainscot- 
ing and Inside Finish, for Doors and Windows. Seven 
Figures. 
I' LATE 48.— Front Elevation and Plans for Court- 
House. First and Second Stories. 
PLATE 49.— Designs for Chimncy-Caps. Six 
Figures. 
PLATE 50.— Designs for Ceilings and Stucco 
Corn'ces and Ribs. Four Figures. 
PLATE 51.— Designs for Fences and Mantels. 
Nine Figures. 
PLATE 52.— Mouldings. Nine Figures. 
FLATE 53.— Mouldings. Twenty-two Figures. 
PLATE 54.— Designs for Inside Casings for Doors 
and Windows and for Base-Boards. Thirty-six Figures. 
PLATE 55.— Front Elevations and Plans of Three 
Cottages. First and Second Stories. Three Figures. 
PLATE 56.— Three Designs for Houses of Moder- 
ate Cost. Three Figures. 
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