Cottage houses for village and country homes (1899) (14762882951)

Identifier: SBReedCottagehousesforvillageandcountryhomes0001 (find matches)
Title: Cottage houses for village and country homes
Year: 1899 (1890s)
Authors: S. B. Reed
Subjects: house plans -- books domestic architecture designs and plans cottages
Publisher: Orange Judd Co.
Contributing Library: JD Collection



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Fig. 34.—PLA.N OF FIRST STORY. the rear porch, and an inside stairway leading to the rear entry on the first floor, with a door at thetop. This location of cellar stairs prevents cellar odorsand dust from coming by them directly into the body ofthe house.....First Story (fig 34).—Hight of ceilings,10 feet. The front entrance is from a porch through FOR VILLAGE AKD COUNTRY HOMES. 40 double doors, to a hall which communicates with theparlor and kitchen, and contains the main stairs. Theparlor is square floored, with windows in two sides, anda marble shelf. The kitchen is the largest apartment,and intended as the family living-room. It is convenientto a pantry, closet, and rear entrance. The pantry isthoroughly shelved, and has a small window. The closet
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Fifr. 35.—plan of second story. is formed in the space under the front stairs, and isshelved. The rear entrance is from a covered porch to the entry, the latter is sufficiently large to contain thewash-tubs, and relieve the kitchen of much of the heavywork. The bedroom is conveniently arranged, and maybe entered from the parlor or kitchen. It has two win-3 50 COTTAGE HOUSES dows, a closet, and a marble shelf Second Story (fig. 35).—Higfat in main house, G feet at the plates,following the rafters to the full hight of 8 feet. The di-visions embrace a hall, four sleeping-rooms, four closets,and a store-room and garret. The chambers are com-modious, have windows in two sides of each, and adjoinchimneys, giving opportunity for stoves when required.The Hues of the kitchen chimney are divided in thesecond story, admitting a window between, and arebrought together over an arch above the window. Atank for roof water shown in a closet adjoining theright-hand chimney fills half of its hight;