Specimen Book of One Hundred Architectural Designs

One hundred houses, churches and cottages of 1880 — with plans, elevations, and what each one cost to build.

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4 designs in this part of Specimen Book of One Hundred Architectural Designs.

A Picturesque Country Villa

The It is quite possible that propositions which are mathematically accurate may not be true in practice. Thus, while it is true…

A Modern Villa Residence

Mr. Woollett, in his book on "Villas and Cottages, or Homes for All," describes this villa of frame structure designed for erection on a…

A Wayside Sabbath-School Chapel

H.W.TROY Situated on the river-side road, a mile below Nyack, on the Hudson, is a chapel, 24 x 40 feet, built of brown stone, quarried from…

An Ornamental Cottage

The accompanying view, designed for a gardener's cottage, shows a building, small, but very picturesque in appearance. It would be very…

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