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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
275 
NEV WORK ON ARCHITECTURE. 
CUMMI3STOS' 
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 OV 
HOUSES, STORES, COTTAGES, AND OTHER BUILDINGS. 
By M. F. CUMMINGS, A.M., Architect, 
Associate Author of " Architecture, by Cnmmiugs & Miller," 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 has 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 uusupplied. 
The success of that book has induced the author to publish a second one, which is now presented to the public, and iu it will be found an extensive 
collection of designs, illustrating the features which go to make up structures, such as are needed to meet the wants of the American people. 
What lias 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; and it is believed by the author that this work will be found to be of value, ami that its design is practicable, for there are hundreds of towns and 
villages, iu 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 
and Street FrontB Four Figures. 
PLATE 3. — Designs for Cornices for Street Fronts 
and for Suburban Buildings. Six Figures. 
PLATE 4.— DeBigns f»r Cornices of Street Fronts 
and Suburban Buildings. Nine Figures. 
PLATE 5.— Brick Cornices. Four Figures. 
PLATE 6. — Designs for Cornices for Country 
Houses. Ten Figures. 
PLATE 7.— Designs for Cornices for Store Fronts 
and for Steep 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 Gable Finish and Cor- 
nices for Cottages. Nine Figures. 
PLATE 12.— Designs for Cottage Cornices and 
Gable Finish. Six Figure- 
PL ATE 13.— Designs for Cornices and Gable 
Finish. Nine Figures. 
PLATE 14.— Designs for Front Entrance Doors. 
Three Figures. 
PLATE 1 5 . — Designs for Front Entrance Doors for 
Dwelling Houses. Four Figures. 
PLATE I G. — Front Elevations and Plans for 
Dwelling Honses. First and Second Stories. 
PLATE 1 7 .—Design for Front. Entrance Doors and 
Bay Window. One Fio-iire. 
IiIST OH* DF» Xji A. 1" re SJ . 
PLATE 18.— Design for Front Doors and Bay 
Window. One Figure. 
PLATE 19.— Designs for Single Windows, having 
Outside Casings or Architraves. Nine Figure*. 
PLATE 20. -Designs for Windows with Arched 
Heads. Nine Figures. 
PLATE 21.— Designs for Double or Miillion 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 
French Roofs. Four Figures. 
PLATE 2 J.— Designs for Dormer-Windows in 
French Roofs. Nine Figures. 
PLATE 28.— Designs for Dormer-Windows In 
French and High-Pitcbed Roofs. Five Figures. V> 
PLATE 29.- 
Details A to E. 
-Designs for Window-Cap9 and ools. 
-Design for aTower. Three Figures. 
-Design for a Tower. Two Figures. 
— Front Elevations of Two Brick 
PLATE 30. 
PLATE 31. 
PLATE 32. 
Buildings. 
PLATE 33.— Design for aTower. One Figure. 
PLATE 34.— Designs for Porches. Throe Figures. 
PLATE 35. — Designs for Porches. Three Figures. 
PLATE 3G.— Designs for Piazzas. Six Figures. 
PLATE 37. — Designs for Piazzas. Five Figures. 
PLATE 38.— Designs for Piazzas. Three Figures, 
PLATE 39.— Designs for Balconies and Railings. 
Nine Figures. 
PLATE 49.— 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, Wat. i 
Table Z and Corner-Boards. Nine Figures. 
PLATE 4 3.— Designs for Stairs and Ontside Steps. 
Five Figures. 
PLATE 44.— Designs for Fronts of Storos. Two 
Figures. 
PLATE 45.— Designs for Store Fronts. Two 
Figures. 
PLATE 4G. — Designs for Wainscoting. Fonr 
Figures. 
PLATE 47. — Designs for Inside Door c . Wainscot- 
ing and Inside Finish, for Doors and Windows. Seven 
Figures. 
PLATE 4S.— Front Elevation and Plans for Conrt- 
Honsc. First and Second Stories. 
PLATE 49.— Designs for Chimney-Caps. Six 
Figures. 
PIATE CO.— Designs for Ceilings and Stucco 
Corn ce- and Ribs. Four Figures. 
PLATE SI.— Designs for Fences and Mantels. 
Nine Figures. 
PLATE 52.— Mouldings. Nine Figures. 
PLATE 53.— Mouldings. Twenty-two Figures. 
PLATE 5 I .— D signs for Inside Casings for Doors 
and Windows and for Base-Boards. Ti.irty-slx Figures. 
PLATE "5.— Front Elevations and Plans of Three 
Cottages. First and Second Stories. Three Figures. 
PLATE 50.— Three Designs for nonees of Moder 
ate Coat. Three Figures 
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