The New England farmer . rrace and having a split graniteunderpinning all around it, about eighteenor twenty inches high. The frame rests uponthe underpinning, and is covered on the out-side with matched boards and roof is covered with the same and shin-gled—both upper and lower pitch. The eaves are slightly curved where theyproject beyond the walls and are ornamented with a row of small blocks or brackets placedclose together, as shown in the picture. The plan is as follows :— A is a veranda seven feet wide, extendingalong a part of the front of the house. B isthe hall, which m
The New England farmer . rrace and having a split graniteunderpinning all around it, about eighteenor twenty inches high. The frame rests uponthe underpinning, and is covered on the out-side with matched boards and roof is covered with the same and shin-gled—both upper and lower pitch. The eaves are slightly curved where theyproject beyond the walls and are ornamented with a row of small blocks or brackets placedclose together, as shown in the picture. The plan is as follows :— A is a veranda seven feet wide, extendingalong a part of the front of the house. B isthe hall, which measures seven feet by nine-teen, and contains the staircase to the secondstory, under which is the flight to the is the parlor, fourteen by nineteen, havingtwo doors opening into the hall, and threewindows—one of which—that at the rear, maybe omitted to give place for a piano if thoughtdesirable, as two windows will amply light theroom. D is a sitting-room or library, four- 1870. XEW ENGLAND FAEiMER. 237. Ground Plan. teen by fifteen, and E is a dining-room of thesame dimensions. Both of these rooms openfrom the hall on the left. F is a small pantryor passage to the kitchen. It is fitted upwith shelves for china on either side. Thekitchen is twelve by fifteen, and has a storeroom marked G, and an entry H, leading tothe yard, which entry also communicates withthe front hall. The cellar extends under the main house,but not under the kitchen wing, and has anentrance directly from the yard, under theback steps. The second story has four pleasant cham-bers, B, C, D and H, and seven closets, fiveof which are verj large. A is the main halland K is the passage to the chamber over thekitchen. Both stories finish nine and a halffeet high in the clear. The interior wallsand ceilings are lathed and plastered and thewood finish is all of pine oiled. There arethree chimney stacks, so that every room hasmeans of heating. In truth, every roomshould have an open fireplace, and
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