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Sloan, Samuel, 1815-1884 / Sloan's homestead architecture, containing forty designs for villas, cottages, and farm houses, with essays on style, construction, landscape gardening, furniture, etc. etc.
(1861)
Design XXXVIII.: symmetrical cottage, pp. 284-285
Page 285
DESIGN XXXVIII.
WHAT a world of rural enjoyment might be con-
centrated within the little scene represented by the
figure before us! Simple and plain, yet of a very
decided character, the owner of such a home need
not envy the monarch. the gilded beauties of the
palace or the toy that mankind call a scepter.
RooMs-The first floor, shown by fig. 169, contains
the veranda A, a becoming shelter to the front door;
B, at once vestibule and stair-hall; C, living-room, 11
by 14 feet; D, family-room, 11 by 17 feet, and E,
kitchen, 11 by 12 feet.
Fig. 170, the second floor, contains two bed-rooms, G.
ESTJMATE.-Built of brick, this cottage would cost
about $400; of stone or timber, where these materials
are plenty, about $350.
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Fio. 169.-FII~sT FLooR. Fxo. 170-SEcoND FLOOR.
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