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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
275 
NEW WORK ON ARCHITECTURE. 
CUMMINGS’ 
A RCHITE C T TJ R A L D ETA IL S. 
CONTAINING 337 DESIGNS AND 967 ILLUSTRATIONS 
01' THU VARIOUS PARTS NEEDED IN THE CONSTRUCTION OP BUILDINGS, PUBLIC AND PRIVATE, BOTH FOR THE CITY AND COUNTRY. 
ALSO, VLANS AND ELEVATIONS or 
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 <fc 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 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, sucli as are needed to meet the wants of the American people. 
What has been aimei 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 the States of the Union, in which the wants of the people continually demand the erection of buildings, largely of wood, and which in Hie 
hands of the builder and workman may he made elegantand pleasing in all their features, provided they have at hand a guide such as this book is intended to be. 
LIST OS' 3P Xj T E £3 
PLATE 1. —Front Elevation of the Troy Times 
Building, Troy, N. Y. 
PLATE 2.— Designs for Cornices for City Buildings 
and Street Fronts Four 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. 
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 19.— Designs for French Roofs and their 
Finish. Four Figures. 
ELATE 11 .—Designs for Gable Finish and Cor¬ 
nices for Cottages. Nine Figures. 
PLATE 12.— 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 i 5.—Designs for Front Entrance Doors for 
Dwelling Houses. Four Figures. 
PLATE 16. — Front Elevations and Plans for 
Dwelling Houses. First and Second Stories. 
PLATE 1 7 .—Design for Front Entrance Doors and 
Bay Window. One Figure. 
[ PLATE 18.—Design for Front Doors and Bny 
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. Nino Figures. 
PLATE 22.—Designs for Exterior Finish of Win¬ 
dows. Five Figures. 
PLATE 23.—Designs for B»y-Windows. Two 
Figures. 
PLATE 24.—Front Elevation and Plans for Dwell¬ 
ing nonse. First, and Second Stories. 
PLATE 25.—Designs for B®-Windows. 
PLATE 26.—Designs for Dormer-Windows in 
French Roofs. Four Figures. 
PLATE 27 .—Designs for Dormer-Windows in 
French Roofs. Nine Figures. 
PLATE 28.—Des'gns for Dormer-Windows in 
French and High-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 33.—Front Elevations of Two Brick 
Buildings. 
PLATE 33.—Design for a Tower. One Figure. 
PLATE 34 .—■Designs for Porches. Three Fignres. 
PLATE 35.—Designs for Porches. Three Fignres. 
PLATE 36.—Designs for Piazzas. Six Fignres. 
PLATE 37.—D esigns for Piazzas. Five Fignres. 
PLATE 3S.—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, Water- 
Table aT and Corner-Boards. Nine Figures. 
PLATE 43.—Designs for Stairs and Outside Steps. 
Five Figures. 
PLATE 44.—Designs for Fronts cf Stores. Two 
Figures. 
PLATE 45. — Designs for Store Fronts. Two 
Figures. 
PLATE 4G.—Designs for Wainscoting. Four 
Figures, 
PLATE 47.—Designs for Inside Doors, Wainscot¬ 
ing and Inside Finish, for Doors and Windows. Seven 
Figures. 
fLATS 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 
Corn ce - and Ribs. Four Figures. 
PLATE 51.—Designs for Fences and Mantels. 
Nine Figures. 
PLATE 52.—Mouldings. Nine Figures. 
PLATE 53.—Mouldings. Twenty-two Figures. 
PLATE 5 1.—D signs for Inside Casings for Doors 
and Windows and for Base-Boards. Tnirty-six Fignres. 
PLATE " 5.—Front Elevations and Plans of Three 
Cottages. First and Second Stories. Three Fignres. 
PLATE 56.—Three Designs for nouses of Moder 
ate Cost-. Thre'e Figures. 
HOYAL QUARTO. PRICE, POST-PAID, TEN DOLLARS. 
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