Rural Architecture

Rural Architecture, by Lewis
Falley Allen

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Title: Rural Architecture Being a Complete Description of Farm
Houses, Cottages, and Out Buildings
Author: Lewis Falley Allen
Illustrator: John William Orr
Release Date: December 3, 2006 [EBook #19998]
Language: English
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RURAL ARCHITECTURE.
Being A Complete Description of FARM HOUSES, COTTAGES, and
OUT BUILDINGS,
Comprising
Wood Houses, Workshops, Tool Houses, Carriage and Wagon Houses,
Stables, Smoke and Ash Houses, Ice Houses, Apiary or Bee House,
Poultry Houses, Rabbitry, Dovecote, Piggery, Barns and Sheds for
Cattle, &c., &c., &c.
Together With
Lawns, Pleasure Grounds and Parks; The Flower, Fruit and Vegetable
Garden. Also, Useful and Ornamental Domestic Animals for the
Country Resident, &c., &c., &c.
Also, The Best Method Of CONDUCTING WATER INTO CATTLE
YARDS AND HOUSES.
BY LEWIS F. ALLEN.
Beautifully Illustrated.
New York: C. M. SAXTON, Agricultural Book Publisher. 1852.

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1852. By LEWIS F.
ALLEN, In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States

for the Southern District of New York.
Stereotyped by JEWETT, THOMAS AND CO. Buffalo, N.Y.

ADVERTISEMENT.
The writer of these pages ought, perhaps, to apologize for attempting a
work on a subject, of which he is not a professional master, either in
design or execution. In the science of Farm buildings he claims no
better knowledge than a long practical observation has given him. The
thoughts herein submitted for the consideration of those interested in
the subject of Farm buildings are the result of that observation, added
to his experience in the use of such buildings, and a conviction of the
inconveniences attending many of those already planned and erected.
Nor is it intended, in the production of this work, to interfere with the
labors of the professional builder. To such builder all who may be
disposed to adopt any model or suggestion here presented, are referred,
for the various details, in their specifications, and estimates, that may
be required; presuming that the designs and descriptions of this work
will be sufficient for the guidance of any master builder, in their
erection and completion.
But for the solicitation of those who believe that the undersigned could
offer some improvements in the construction of Farm buildings for the
benefit of our landholders and practical farmers, these pages would
probably never have appeared. They are offered in the hope that they
may be useful in assisting to form the taste, and add to the comfort of
those who are the main instruments in embellishing the face of our
country in its most pleasing and agreeable features--the American
Farmer.
LEWIS F. ALLEN.
Black Rock, N.Y. 1851.
NOTE.--For throwing the Designs embraced in these pages into their

present artistic form, the writer is indebted to Messrs. Otis & Brown,
architects, of Buffalo, to whose skill and experience he takes a pleasure
in recommending such as may wish instruction in the plans, drawings,
specifications, or estimates relating to either of the designs here
submitted, or for others of any kind that may be adapted to their
purposes.
L. F. A.

CONTENTS.
Page. PREFATORY, 9 INTRODUCTORY, 13 General Suggestions,
19 Style of Building--Miscellaneous, 23 Position of Farm Houses, 29
Home Embellishments, 32 Material for Farm Buildings, 37 Outside
Color of Houses, 42 A Short Chapter on Taste, 48 The Construction of
Cellars, 54 Ventilation of Houses, 56 Interior Accommodation of
Houses, 65 Chimney Tops, 68 Preliminary to our Designs, 69 DESIGN
I. A Farm House, 72 Interior Arrangement, 75 Ground Plan, 76
Chamber Plan, 77 Miscellaneous, 80 As a Tenant House, 81 DESIGN
II. Description, 84 Ground and Chamber Plans, 89 Interior
Arrangement, 90 Miscellaneous Details, 95 DESIGN III. Description,
101 Ground and Chamber Plans, 105 Interior Arrangement, 106
Miscellaneous, 111 DESIGN IV. Description, 114 Interior
Arrangement, 118 Ground Plan, 119 Chamber Plan, 120 Surrounding
Plantations, Shrubbery, Walks, &c., 125 Tree Planting in the Highway,
129 DESIGN V. Description, 133 Interior Arrangement, 135 Ground
Plan, 136 Chamber Plan, 142 Construction, Cost of Building, &c., 147
Grounds, Plantations, and Surroundings, 149 DESIGN VI. A Southern,
or Plantation House, 154 Interior Arrangement, 159 Chamber Plan,