. The house: a manual of rural architecture: or, How to build country houses and out-buildings .. . rity against fire, dampness, and the depre-dations of rats and other vermin. The stairs leading from thebasement to the second floor, and thence to the observatory orcupola, are removed to one side of their usual position in thehalls, leaving the latter entirely free and unobstructed. Thelower division walls, separating the hall from the dining-room,office, etc., are built of concrete, one foot thick, but all thepartitions, above and below% are lathed and plastered. Twochimneys afibrd six fire-p
. The house: a manual of rural architecture: or, How to build country houses and out-buildings .. . rity against fire, dampness, and the depre-dations of rats and other vermin. The stairs leading from thebasement to the second floor, and thence to the observatory orcupola, are removed to one side of their usual position in thehalls, leaving the latter entirely free and unobstructed. Thelower division walls, separating the hall from the dining-room,office, etc., are built of concrete, one foot thick, but all thepartitions, above and below% are lathed and plastered. Twochimneys afibrd six fire-places, with flues for stove-pipes, windows are large, and so hung on spi-ings that the uppersash can be let down and kept in a Jixed2>osition, for ventila-ting purposes. The roof is hip[)ed, or four-sided, and coveredwith the best cypress shingles. Houses of Two Stories. 83 H. MANNS OCTAGON plnn was designed by Mr. S. H. Mann, of Beloit, Wis.,and first appeared in the Country Gentleman, together withbasement and chamber plans. We give this alone, as furnish- Fig. Octagon Plan. Ing hints, at least, toward the best possible arrangement ofrooms within octagon walls, and giving the reader an oppor-tunity to compare this form with the rectangular. Our indi-vidual opinion on the subject has already been expressed, SOUTHEEN HOUSE. This design was made to meet the wants and tastes of aparticular family, but will, we trust, be found, in its mainfeatures, to be equally well adapted to the use of many is planned on a liberal and at the same time an economicalscale, the halls, stairs, veranda, arcade, balcony, etc., being
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