AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST, 
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NEW WORK ON ARCHITECTURE. 
C XT M M I IN" G- S ’ 
A R CHIT E C T IT R A L I) E T A TI, S. 
CONTAINING 387 DESIGNS AND 967 ILLUSTRATIONS 
®r THE VARIOUS PARTS NEEDED IN THE CONSTRUCTION OB’ BUILDINGS, PUBLIC AND PRIVATE, BOTH FOR THE CITY AND COUNTRY. 
ALSO, PLANS AND ELEVATIONS OP 
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HOUSES, STORES, COTTAGES, AND OTHER BUILDINGS. 
By M. F. CUMMINGS, A.M., Architect, 
Associate Author of “ Architecture, by Cummings & 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 witli 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 in practical architectural works, and must have 
filled, in a measure, a want before unsupplied. 
The success of that book lias 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 go to make up structures, such as are needed to meet the wants of the American people. 
Wlmt 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; and it 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 tile States of the Union, in which the wants of the people continually demand the erection of buildings, largely of wood, and whish in the 
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. 
PlaVfE 8 .—Front Elevation of the Troy Times 
Building, Troy. N. Y. 
PLATE 2.—Designs for Cornioes for City Buildings 
and Street Fronts. Fonr Figures. 
PLATE 3.—Designs for Cornices for Street Fronts 
and for Suburban Buildings. Six Figures. 
PLATE -4. —Designs for Cornices of Street Fronts 
and Suburban. Buildings Nine Figures. 
PL ATE 5.—Brick Cornices. Four Figure.-,. 
PLATE 0. — Designs for Cornices for Country 
Houses. Ten Figures. 
PLATE 7.—Designs for Cornices for Store Fronts 
and for Steep and French Roofs. Eleven Figures. 
PILATE 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 Finisli and Cor¬ 
nices for Cottages. Nine Fignres. 
PLATTE 13. — Designs for Cottage Cornices and 
Gallic Finish. Six Figures. 
PLATE 13.—Designs for Cornioes 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 
Dwelling Houses. First and Second Stories. 
PLAI’E 17 .—Design for Front Entrance Doors and 
Hay Window. One Figure. 
list o if* r*ri atess. 
PLATE 18.—Design for Front Doors and Bay 
Window. One Figure. 
PLATE 8 9.—Designs for Single Windows, having 
Outside Casings or Architraves. Nine Figures. 
PLATE 20.—Designs for Windows with Arched 
Heads. Nine Figures. 
PLATE 21.—Designs for Double or Mullion Win¬ 
dows. Nine Fignres. 
PLATE 22. * Designs for Exterior Finish of Win¬ 
dows. Five Figures. 
PLATE 23. — Designs for Bay-Windows. Two 
Figures. 
PLATE 24.—Front Elevation and Plans for Dwell¬ 
ing House. First and Second Stories. 
PLATE 25.—Designs for Bay-Windows. 
PLATE 2G.—Designs for Dormer-Windows in 
French Roofs. Four Figures. 
PLATE 23.—Designs for Dormer-Windows in 
French Roofs. Nine Figures. 
PLATE 28.—Des'gns for Dormer-Windows in 
French and Iligh-Pitched Roofs. Five Figures. 
PLATE 29.—Designs for Window-Caps and Sills. 
Details A to E. 
PLATE 30.—Design for a Tower. Three Figures. 
PLATE 31.—Design for a Tower. Two Figures. 
PLATE 32.—Front Elevations of Two Brick 
Buildings. 
PLATE 33.—Design for a Tower. One Figure. 
PLATE 34.—Designs for Porches. Three Figures. 
PLATE 35.—Designs for Porches. Three Figures. 
PLATS 36.—Designs for Piazzas. Six Figures. 
PLATE 3 T.—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 Bolt-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. 
1’LATE 48.—Front Elevation and Plans for Court- 
House. First and Second Stories. 
PLATE 49.—Designs for Chimney-Caps. Six 
Figures. 
PLATE 50.—Designs for Ceilings and Stucco 
Cornices and Ribs. Four Figures. 
PLATE 51.—Designs for Fences and Mantels. 
Nine Figures. 
PLATE 52.—Mouldings. Nine Figures. 
I LATE 53.—Mouldings. Twenty-two Fignros. 
PLATE 5 4.—Designs for Inside Casings for Doors 
and Windows aud for Base-Boards. Thirty-six Figures. 
PLATE 5 5.—Front Elevations and Plans of Three 
Cottages. First aad Second Stories. Three Figures. 
PLATE 56.—Three Designs for Houses of Moder¬ 
ate Cost,. Three Figures. 
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