Hobbs's architecture: containing designs and ground plans for villas, cottages and other edifices, both suburban and rural, adapted to the United StatesWith rules for criticism, and introduction . costwas between ^35,000 and ^40,000. We have manyother buildings in Altoona, as well as many of theother towns along the line of this road. First Floor.—V, vestibule, 5 feet 4 inches by 10feet; L, library, 12 by 14 feet 6 inches; P, parlor, 15feet by 26 feet 6 inches ; D R, dining-room, 15 by 19feet; C, conservatory, 8 feet 6 inches by 10 feet 6inches; P, pantry, 6 feet by 10 feet 6 inches; L, lav-at
Hobbs's architecture: containing designs and ground plans for villas, cottages and other edifices, both suburban and rural, adapted to the United StatesWith rules for criticism, and introduction . costwas between ^35,000 and ^40,000. We have manyother buildings in Altoona, as well as many of theother towns along the line of this road. First Floor.—V, vestibule, 5 feet 4 inches by 10feet; L, library, 12 by 14 feet 6 inches; P, parlor, 15feet by 26 feet 6 inches ; D R, dining-room, 15 by 19feet; C, conservatory, 8 feet 6 inches by 10 feet 6inches; P, pantry, 6 feet by 10 feet 6 inches; L, lav-atory, 4 feet 6 inches by 6 feet 4 inches; K, kitchen,14 by 14 feet; S R, store-room, 3 feet 9 inches by 10feet 2 inches ; S, scullery, 15 feet by 11 feet 6 inches ;H, hall, 10 feet wide. Seco7id Floor.—D R, dressing-room, 7 feet 3 inchesby 10 feet 4 inches; C, chamber, 12 feet 4 inches by14 feet 6 inches; C, chamber, 15 feet by 20 feet 10inches; C, chamber, 15 feet 7 inches by 17 feet 8inches ; B R, bath-room, 7 feet 4 inches by 10 feet;D R, dressing-room, 5 feet 3 inches by 9 feet 7inches ; C, chamber, 9 by 12 feet; C, chamber, 8 feetby 11 feet 7 inches ; C, closets. (234) DESIGN FIRST FLOOR. SECOND FLOOR.(235) DESIGN CVIII. SUBURBAN RESIDENCE. This design was drawn to be built In Norwalk,Conn., where a number of our designs have beenerected. This is drawn in simple elevation, a plaingeometrical drawing supposing a person had a thou-sand eyes, and looking direct upon each separatepart. Persons can obtain no real information by this howthe building will look when viewed is the process by which almost all architects getup their designs, which when finished often provegreat failures. To design right we design In per-spective, where the proportion, slopes of roof, heightand size of objects are changed to the person geometrical drawings are with us merely modeswhereby the workman can have a guide and scale toget out his work from. As a rule
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