Cottage residences; or, A series of designs for rural cottages and cottage villas, and their gardens and grounds : adapted to North America (1873)
Downing, A. J. (Andrew Jackson), 1815-1852 · New York : J. Wiley & Son · leaf 122
82 COTTAGE EESIDENCES. be placed a slide^ wide enough, to receive a cart-load of roots, wliicli will save much labor and time usually occu- pied in carrying them in baskets. This dwelling is supposed to … the steep gables and roofs, and partly on account of its intrinsic beauty and picturesque effect when built of stone even in this simple manner. We have introduced a veranda in the same style in front, because such a feature is as necessary to the comfort of a farm-house as a villa in this country.…
Architecture, Domestic
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