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THE CULTIVATOR, 
17— ELEVATION. 
Feb. 
Rural Architecture. 
Design for a Suburban Cottage. 
This cottage was designed as a summer retreat for a 
city resident, and an attempt made to combine in its 
plan and materials, as much economy as might be, con¬ 
sistently with a sufficient but snug allotment of space 
for a moderate family, with spare rooms for the hospi¬ 
talities of a temporary retreat. 
18 — FIRST FLOOR. 
There is on the principal floor—an entrance hall or 
vestibule of 10-f-12 feet, exclusive of the stairs to the 
upper story and basement. From this vestibule to the 
windows or glass doors, upon a veranda, which forms 
the left wing of the house; which being closed at the 
ends, and partially enclosed in front with lattice work, 
becomes a pleasant summer apartment. In the rear of 
the vestibule is a spacious pantry, 10—{-11 feet, com¬ 
municating with the parlor on one side, and on the 
other with a dining room, 1T—f-16 in the rear of the 
principal bed-room. The right wing is for a library or 
farm office, and is 17-}-11 feet. 
The second floor furnishes four bedrooms, 14—f-13^ ft. 
each and another of 16-}-12—besides a 
hall or lobby of same size, with linen 
closets taken off its angles. 
The basement plan shows a vestibule 
13—f— 10 feet, with a cellar of same size 
back of it. A kitchen extending un¬ 
der the parlor, and a corresponding 
room at the other end of the building, 
to be divided at will, and may have 
one or two bed-rooms for domestics 
partitioned off in it, besides spare cel¬ 
lar room. 
Parlor, diningroom, pantry, six bed¬ 
rooms of good size, besides basement. 
Sufficient room for a citizen’s box. If 
the building is to be a farm-house proper, then the 
disposition of tl e lower rooms can be changed to suit 
the case. 
19 —SECOND FLOOR. 
right, you enter a room 17—f-11, to be used as a sitting 
room, or as the principal bed-room. To the left, you 
enter a large parlor, 28-f-17 feet, opening by two large 
As shown in the elevation, the design is for an edifice 
with stone foundation and wooden frame, with boarding 
placed vertically, tongued and grooved, and the same 
