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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
[N OYBMBER, 
A Cottage, Costing $5,000. 
BY S. B. BEED. 
Figures 1 to 8 present designs of a modern cot¬ 
tage, containing eleven rooms, with the usual halls, 
closets, pantry, bath-room, etc. This dwelling 
(figures 1 to 4), has a pleasing appearance, sugges¬ 
tive of comfort and cheerfulness. The simplicity 
randa. The library has a bay-window in front and 
a doub’t window at the side ; the space under the 
stairs provides a direct passage to the dining-room, 
which is spacious, and is lighted by a cluster 
of windows occupying nearly one entire end. It 
has a small china closet, and adjoins the rear en¬ 
try, or private passage, which is also fitted for the 
caterer’s use. It will be observed that no kitchen 
is provided for in this plan. A portion of the cel- 
are of broken stone and cement, laid in 'courses, 
and neatly pointed. All piers are of brick and ce¬ 
ment. The chimney is of hard brick. There is a 
furnace in the cellar, and connected with a side 
flue of the chimney, with hot-air pipes extending 
to registers in the principal hall and rooms of 
the first story. The beams of the first story are 
brick-filled on the foundations to exclude outside 
air at the bottom of the main frame. The interior 
Fig. 1.— FRONT ELEVATION, 
COTTAGE, COSTING $5,000. 
Fig. 2.— LEFT-HAND ELEVATION. 
of style and general finish accord with the utilita¬ 
rian view now happily coming into fashion for all 
classes of building. Variety is a manifest feature. 
The outlines of each front, the covering of the 
different stories, and in most cases the window and 
door openings, are arranged to be dissimilar in ma¬ 
terials and form. Strong and decided contrasts in 
colors are applied to different parts, and tinted 
glass of various shades is used for the smaller 
lights of the sash. Tlae Cellar (fig. 5) ex¬ 
tends under the entire main building, has five win¬ 
dows, and inside stairs to the first story. Right of 
ceiling 6'/a feet. Cirst Story (fig. 6).—The 
hight of ceiling is 10 feet. The principal entrance 
is from the veranda through double doors to a 
hall, containing the main stairs, and connecting 
lar may be converted into a kitchen, if desired. In 
the Southern States it has long been the custom to 
have the kitchen in a detached building, iu which 
are also the servants’ rooms. While this has its 
inconveniences, it allows the house to be kept 
much cooler, and avoids the odors from cooking. 
Northern houses often have a detached kitchen, 
for summer use only, and there may be conditions 
under which it would be desirable to use a de¬ 
tached kitchen all the year. The design was orig¬ 
inally made for several cottages at a watering 
place, where the kitchen and its attendant care and 
expense is entirely dispensed with, and the table 
is supplied and attended by the professional 
caterer, who may be promptly called by the tele¬ 
phone or speaking-tube. Second Story (fig. 
side walls and ceilings are hard finished on two coats 
of brown mortar and lath. In the main hall and 
principal rooms are stucco cornices. The frame is 
of sound, seasoned spruce timber. Studding and 
rafters are set 16 inches from centers, braced and 
' bridged. The windows have plank frames, and 
l‘/ 2 -inch sash, glazed and hung complete. The in- 
I closing for the first story is of clear clapboards, 
and for the second story of cedar shingles, all upon 
sheathing. The roof is of cedar shingles. The 
floors in the two principal stories are double, the 
first of matched hemlock boards, and the second, 
of tongued and grooved, narrow, clear yellow pine. 
Attic floors, spruce, tongued and grooved; the out¬ 
side floors, white pine. The main stairs are ash 
throughout, those leading to the attic of pine,. 
with the drawing-room, library, and dining 
rooms. The drawing-room extends the length of 
right side of the house, with an arch crossing 
midway. A double window is placed in the front, 
directly opposite a large open fire-place in the rear, 
with single windows at each side of the fire-place. 
The side of the front section has a double window; 
a single window in the rear portion, extending to 
the floor, is arranged as an entrance direct to the ve- 
7).— The hight of ceiling is 9 feet. There are five 
chambers, large hall space, four closets, and a bath¬ 
room on this floor. A large window at the head of 
the main stairs, enlivened with colored glass, pro¬ 
duces a very cheerful effect. An alcove opens from 
the hall to the front balcony, affording opportunity 
for out-door airing to this story. Attic (fig. 8). 
— Provision is made for a hall and three rooms in 
this story Coiistraictiom. —The foundations 
boxed in with narrow ceiling. The inside finish 
is ash and red wood. The doors are paneled and 
molded, for the first story of red wood, all others 
of yellow pine. All knobs, roses, and escutcheons 
are bronze. Gas-pipes are provided for five ceiling 
lights and two side lights in the first story, for ten 
side lights in the second story, four side lights in 
the attic, and two side lights in the cellar. All 
pipes are concealed from sight except where neces- 
