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THE CULTIVATOR. 
CHEAP COUNTRY HOUSE. 
Oct. 
Ettrctl 3lrcl)itectnre. 
Cheap Country House. 
The accompanying plan of a house was designed by 
Mr. F. R. Elliott, of Cleveland, Ohio, and received 
a diploma and silver medal from the New-York State 
Agricultural Society, at its January meeting, 1849. 
We copy the cut, and Mr. E.’s description, from the 
Society’s last volume of Transactions: 
The building is particularly designed to point either 
north or west, and should, if possible, be placed upon a 
slight rise of ground from the adjoining public highway, 
or surrounding grounds. 
The value of land in the country, as compared with 
the disadvantages of basements for kitchens, etc., 
should not receive a thought, and while this plan may 
be said to cover a large area of ground, I trust to be 
able to show that it can be built for a much smaller 
amount of money, than any plan of equal convenience, 
room and character yet published. A free circulation 
of air, connected with large and convenient rooms, are 
material points, and in this they may be had. The size 
of cellar may be according to the wishes of the builder, 
but my estimate and plan is for a cellar only under the 
wing in which is the kitchen, that being of size suffi¬ 
cient to hold all vegetables, etc., that will be required 
for the consumption of a large family. Vegetables for 
stock should, for easy access in feeding, as well as the 
injurious effects sometimes resulting from a too large 
quantity stowed in the house cellar, always be confined 
to the barn cellar. 
The main house is 24 by 32 feet, with 18 feet posts, 
and having a porch 7 feet wide in front, supported by 
brackets. The wings are each 16 by 40 feet, with 11 
feet posts, and falling back 12 feet from the front of the 
main building. Of the first story front, the main build¬ 
ing has a single panel door, and one large window, 
opening each way inside upon hinges. The wings have 
each an oriel or bay window, projecting one foot, and 
having the centre lights of glass hung upon hinges, to 
open inside. The second story front, the two windows 
like the one below, are divided by a heavy style, and 
open inside. The covering, as indicated in the eleva- 
is to be of inch pine boards, that have been run through 
a planing machine, and cut to a width and thickness. 
These battened with half inch stuff, three inches -wide. 
As the lower story of the main building, as well as 
wings, are all designed to be 11 feet high in the clear, 
it is evident that the best length of boards will be 12 
feet, as they will allow of no waste. 
The estimate of cost here given is for plain but good 
work. No mouldings, turnings or carvings, as all such 
only add to the labor of the housewife in keeping them 
clean, and are really no ornament, as taken in keeping 
with the other articles usually accompanying the coun- 
try. 
The fire place in the parlor is designed to be carried 
to a level with the chamber floor, and then carried ho- 
