»*fcj^'-"'-"->'^«« CORNELL UNIVERSITY LIBRARY FINE ARTS LffiRARY Cornell University Library NA 2610.B58 Bicknell's village builder :elevations a 3 1924 014 760 585 «..,i. \<^y Cornell University Library The original of this book is in the Cornell University Library. There are no known copyright restrictions in the United States on the use of the text. http://www.archive.org/details/cu31924014760585 ■'K f JWm: PEOPLES,f>::. :'H?P£!oA!toSt.Ai!eghenv.|; BICKNELL'S VILLAGE BUILDER ELEVATIONS AHD PLANS FOK COTTAGES, yiLLAS, SUBURBAN RESIDENCES, FARM HOUSES, STABLES AND CARRIAGE HOUSES, STORE FRONTS, SCHOOL-HOUSES, CHURCHES, • COURT-HOUSES, AND A MODEL JAIL; EXTEEIOK AND INTERIOE DETAILS FOE PUBLIC 'AND PEIVATE BUILDINGS, WTTH APPROVED FORMS OF CONTRACTS AUD SPECIFICATIONS, XNCLTJDING PRICES OF BUILDING MATRRTATiS AND LABOR, AT BOSTON, MASS., AND ST. LOTHS, MO. CONTAINING FIFTY-FIVE PLATES DRAWN TO SCALE ; SHOWING THE STYLE AND COST OF BUILDING IN DIFFERENT SECTIONS OF THE COUNTRY, BEING AN ORIGINAL WORK, COMPRISING THE DESIGNS OF FIFTEEN LEADING ARCHITECTS, REPRESENTING THE NEW ENGLAND, • MIDDLE, WESTERN AND SOUTH-WESTERN STATES. A. J. BICKNELL & CO., PUBLISHERS, TROY, N.Y., AND SPRINGFIELD, ILL. 1870. Bntered, according to Act of CongreBB, in the year 1869, by A. J. BICKNBLL, in the Clerk' s Office of the District Conrt of the tTnited States for the Southern District of Illlmis -^V 1»rinted for the N. Y. Lithographing, Engraving and Printing Co.. 16 & 18 Park Place, New York Wm. peoplks, ?aioAit(>Sl.Al!eghe:v.'/r' ^— *»-*- — - . — — >;r-oj-..'-/*i/* INTRODUCTION. Several years experience in the sale of Architectural Books has taught us, that in bringing out a practical work on Architecture, it is necessary to include a great variety of styles of buildings ; and in presenting this volume to the public, we feel assured that it is better adapted to the North, South, East and West, than any previous production of similar character. Several well-known architects, whose names will be found in connec- tion with the description of plates, have aided us in perfecting this work. It has been our object in the selection of designs principally to include buildings of moderate cost, although we have introduced several elaborate specimens, all of which are suggestive, and may be executed in a plainer way for one-half the given cost. The estimates are made at the various localities where the designs have been prepared; including Boston, Worcester, Philadelphia, Buffalo, Chicago, St. Louis ; Springfield and Lincoln, 111. j Kansas City, Mo. ; Nashville, Tenn. ; and Fort Edward, N.Y. The work is chiefly made up of elevations, plans and details of cottages, villas, and suburban houses; yet much attention has been given to model designs for churches, court-houses, and other public and private buildings. The elevations are mostly drawn on a scale of one-eightli, one- twelfth, or one-sixteenth ; the details on a scale of one-half to three-fourths of one inch to the foot ; all of which can be easily comprehended and executed. The demand for previous publications that we have brought to public notice is an evidence of the increasing want of such a work as the Village Builder, which is not characterized by the style of any one author or locality, but is general in its adaptation. A. J. BICKNELL & CO. SPECIFICATIONS, SPECIFIC ATIONS ,of the Materials to be Furnished and Labor to be Performed in the Erection and Completion of a one and a half story Cottage, in the Gothic style, for Mr. , in the City of St. Louis, State of Missouri. (See Plates Three and Four for the elevations and plans.) GENERAL DESCRIPTION. The building wiU have a frontage on Lafayette Avenue of forty-three feet, by a depth of fifty feet, there will be a cellar under the entire building 7' 6" deep, the first story will be 11' high, the second story will be 10' high to underside of cellar beams ; all these heights to be in the clear when finished. For position of doors and windows and arrangement of rooms reference is hereby had to plans. EXCAVATION. The earth to be dug out the proper depth and extent to receive the cellar and foundation walls, dig trenches for footing courses under all walls two feet wide and six inches deep ; all earth not required to fill in around walls and to grade lot to be carted away. The cellar to be dug 5' below the grade of lot, cesspool to be 7' diameter and 15' deep. RUBBLE STONE WORK. All the cellar and foundation walls are to be built up straight and plumb to the under side of sill eighteen inches thick, the footings six inches deep and two feet wide ; the work to be of the best quality of quarry building limestone, laid up vsdth fresh lime and sharp sand mortar, and all joints well pointed, and the work well bonded with through stone, the top course to be of broad flat rock not less than three feet thick, the outside of walls where exposed to be tuck pointed TIMBER WORK. All timber used throughout to be of a sound quality and as well seasoned as can be procured, and of the following dimensions :~The sills to be 4" x 6" ; the first and second tier of joist to be 2" X 10", properly framed and placed 16" from centers ; the second tier of joist will be notched on a 1" X 6" ribbon piece let in the side studding ; the collar beams will be 2" x 6" spiked to side of rafters ; the wall plate wiU be 2" x 4" spiked to top of studding ; the studding will be 2" x 6" placed 16" from centers ; the corner posts will be 4" x 6" framed in sill ; the braces 3" x 4" framed in comer posts and sill, draw bored and pinned ; the rafters 2" x 6" properly framed and well secured to wall plate, and placed 16'' from centers, secured at the top to 2" x 8" ridge piece. Each tier of joist will have one row of cross bridging through the center of li" x 2", well nailed to joist, the perch timbers will be 2" x 6" properly framed and put up as shown. SIDING. The building enclosed with second rate dressed white pine weather boarding and to have li" lap at joints. ROOFING. The roof will be sheathed with 1" sheathing boards, and covered with the best quality of white pine sawed shingles laid 4^" to the weather with the joints well broken. FLOORING. The floors will be laid with the best second-rate white pine mill- worked flooring, well seasoned and laid in courses of not over 5i" wide, well nailed to each joist and cleaned off, when finished ; tRe pereh floors will be laid in courses of not over 3^" wide, with white lead in the joints. SPECIFICATIONS FOE DESIGN SHOWN ON PLATES THEEE AND FOUB. CORNICES. Prepare and put eave gaWe and porch cornices as shown, of good well-seasoned white pine free from sap or large knots ; prepare gutter beds for metal gutters, as shown. PLASTERING. All the rooms to be lathed with pine laths, and to have two coats of brown mortar, and skim with plaster paris— finish well with trowel ; aU angles to be made straight and plumb. WINDOWS. AU the windows throughout to have double hung box frames, the sash 1|" thick and made as shown, the sizes as shown on elevation, and hung with If axle pulleys and patent sash cord ; each window to have sash locks to cost $ per dozen. All the windows throughout will be provided with outside rolling slat blinds. If" thick, hung with patent spiral blind hinges, and well fastened. The cellar windows will have solid 2" plank frames, with 1|" sash made in two parts, and hung with loose butts and fastened with good bolts ; the exterior finish of frames will be as shown. BAY WINDOWS. To be constructed as shown on plan ; the roofs will be covered with the best roofing tin, painted on the under sides. PORCHES. Put up as shown on drawings, of good sound white pine lumber, well seasoned ; the under side of roof celled with matched boards, smoothed and beaded ; the roofs will be covered the same as bay windows. The steps wUl be made of IJ' white pine. CONSERVATORY. Built as shown on plan and elevation ; the sashes of sides made If" thick, and hung on pivots in center of sides ; the roof will be of glass, properly set in sky-light sash, and arranged for proper ventilation. ' TIN WORK. Put in eave gutters of one cross leaded tin 14' wide, well painted on both sides ; put up down spouts, 3i" diameter, at the several points where required, with proper elbows. INTERIOR FINISH. The inside finish will be of good second-rate white pine, well seasoned ; the rooms and hall of main building, first story, will be 'finished with a neat moulded casing 8" wide, and 11" moulded base ; the second story wUl have plain 6" moulded casing, 7" moulded base ; the kitchen, servants' and bath-rooms finished with a plain 5" casing, and 6" beaded base ; the windows of main house will have moulded panel backs, the others finished to stool and apron pieces. DOORS. AU. doors throughout will be made in four panels and moulded on both sides. Those on first story vsdll be 3'x7' 6", If" thick ; those in the second story, 2' 10" x 6' 10" ; the closet doors vnR be as large as the spaces will properly admit ; the fi-ont door will be made the same style as shown, there will be raised mouldings on the outside. All doors to be hung to 2" rabbeted frames, with proper butts, and to have hard wood carpet strips. The locks in the first story will be 5" mortise, with white and silver-plated trimming ; all others will have 5" tumbler rim locks, with brown knobs and bronze trimming ; the outside doors to be secured with suitable bolts. PAINTING. AU wood and other work usually painted to have three good coats of lead and oil paint of any color the owner may desire. All interior finish of doors and windows, with the door, frames inside of sash and base, wiU be grained in oak. neat style and varnished ; the blinds painted Paris green. SPECIFICATIONS FOE DESIGN SHOWN ON PLATES THREE AND FOUK. GLAZING. All windows to be glazed with the best quality of Pittsburgh glass, well tinned, bedded, and back puttied. MANTLES. The three principal rooms of the first story will be provided with marble mantles, to cost $75 each ; those in the second story to have a neat wooden mantle, to cost $12 each. GRATES. The grates of first story to cost $14 each, those in second story $12 each— to be three in each story — these prices to be exclusive of the setting ; they are to be set with fire brick in the best manner. CHIMNEYS. Are to be buUt of good brick, as shown ; the flues to be 9" x 12", well pargeted on the inside work in a 6" thimble in kitchen flue ; the chimneys topped out with best quality of red brick and surmounted with chimney tops of terra cotta. GAS PIPES. To be run through the building so as to furnish light for each room and haUs, the outlets will be placed where the owner may desire, the pipes to be the sizes required by gas companies' regulations. BELLS. There will be two bells in the building — one to front door, and one in parlor. STAIRS. The stairs will be built on strong carriages. The main stairs will be of clear yellow pine, 1" thick for the treads, and ^" white pine risers, finished with return nosing scotia and fillets ; the rail will be 2^" thick, 4i" wide moulded ; the balusters will be If" fancy turned base and neck ; the newell will be 10", with turned base and cap, and octagon panel shaft ; and all to be of well seasoned black walnut. The steps and risers vnR be housed in the waU-string, the stairs will be enclosed underneath with a panelled and moulded Bpandrill ; the rear steps will be of yellow pine and white pine risers, finished with plain turned balusters and 2" x 3" walnut hand rail ; 7" turned newell post, of black walnut. Those stairs will be enclosed underneath with matched ceiling boards, smoothed and beaded, with a door leading to cellar by a strong stairway with plain rail. PLUMBERS' WORK. There wiU be a 6' copper planished bath-tub, fitted up in bath-room, with all the necessary supply, and waste-pipe and compression draw-cocks for hot and cold water ; also fitted up in kitchen, a 40 gallon copper boiler, vdth all necessary pipe to connect to bath-tub, sink and wash- basin ; also put up in bath-room, a marble top wash-basin with supply and waste-pipe, and draw- cocks of an approved kind ; and also fit up an iron sink in the kitchen, with supply-pipe for hot and cold water, and li" waste-pipe. All supply-pipe vdll be extra strong f" ; the waste water from bath-room and kitchen will be conducted to sewer running through the ceUar ; the sewer will be of 12" stone drain-pipe, and will be continued from the cellar to cesspool in yard. CLOSETS. The closets will be fitted up vsdth shelves, strips, and clothes hooks as desired ; the store- rooms and china closet wiU be shelved as may be required ; close up under sink and hang small door and fasten with spring catch. CONDITIONS. That all material and labor used are to be the best of their respective kinds," and if there is anything omitted in these specifications, or that is not fuUy shown on the plans, which should be necessary for the full completion of the building, according to the full intent and meaning of these specifications and accompanying drawings, the same is to be done at the expense of the contractor SPECIFICATIONS FOR DESIGJiT SHOWN ON PLATE TWO. without extra charge ; and, in case of any alteration, addition, or deduction, the price shall be agreed upon in writing before goiag into effect ; and no extras will be' allowed unless first agreed upon, and the price fixed. The work to be under the superintendence of Alfred Grable, architect, who will have power to reject any material or labor which, in his opinion, is not in accordance with these specifications. SPECIFICATIOIVS of the Materials to be Furnished and Labor to be Performed in the Erection and Completion of a Wooden Dwelling-House, according to a set of plans, shown on Plate 2, furnished by L, Underwood, Architect, 13 EsQhange Street, Boston. GENERAL DESCRIPTION. The size of the house and the size and arrangement of all the rooms, etc., are to be as shown on the plans, which are to be considered as a part of this specification ; and which, with the writing and figures thereon, together with the detail drawings, are to be adhered to in every respect. The figures in all cases are to take the precedence of measurements on the plans. EXCAVATION, STONE WORK, &c. The contractor is to do all of the excavating for the cellar, drains and cistern, dig well, etc. , and to put in the cellar and bulkhead walls, build foundations for piers and chimneys, and to do ail the stonework necessary to receive the frame. The cellar and bulkhead walls are to be 18' thick at the bottom and 14" at the top, built with stone laid in cement mortar, and are to be carried up to the proper height to receive the sills. The cellar is to be 8' 6" deep in the clear of the joists. There is to be a dry well, 4' in diameter at the bottom and 2' 6" at the top, and 6' deep, built where shown on the plans. The walls are to be of stone laid dry, carried up to within 18" of the top of the ground and covered with flagging stones. There is to be a 5" vitrified earthenware dram -pipe from the waste-pipe to the sink, to the dry well, provided with a stench trap. The cellar wall above the grade is to be built of large stone, with an even face on the outside. The joints are to be well pointed and drawn. There is to be a well located as per plan, and bricked up with a 4' wall of hard burned brick, laid in cement and is to be covered with flagging stones. Ail earth that is excavated is to be deposited in such places in the lot as the proprietor may direct BRICKWORK. Piers are to be bmlt, as shown on the cellar plan, with good hard burned brick, and carried up to the sills. The chimneys are to be buUt, as shown on the plans, of a good quality of chimney brick, and to be topped out with good hard burned brick of uniform color, according to designs given in the elevations. All of the flues are to be fastened throughout on the inside. There are to be funnel irons, of such sizes as may be directed, put ia the chimneys, so that stoves may be put up in all the rooms. There is to be a rain-water cistern, as shown on the plans, of 2,500 gallons capacity, buUt in the usual manner, with hard burned bricks laid in cement, and is to be thoroughly cemented on the inside, and provided with a flagging stone cover and a vitrified earthen overflow pipe connected with the drain running to the dry well. The overflow pipe is to have a bend-trap. CARPENTERS' WORK. The frame is to be made and set up in a good and workmanlike manner, with good, sound, square-edged spruce timbers and joists of such sizes as are marked on the plans. The floor joists are to be bridged with truss bridging. The walls and roof to be boarded with sound pine boards, null-planed and matched ; to be well laid and nailed. The roofs are to be prepared for slatino- or tinning, as may be required. The outside finish is to be weU wrought and put up according to the detail drawings, and is to be of sound, seasoned pine lumber, free from knots, sap or shakes. The walls of the house are to be clapboarded with Eastern pine clapboards, planed to an even thickness and moulded, and laid so as to lap not less than 1 J", and all to be thoroughly nailed. SPEOIFIOATIONS FOE DESIGN SHOWN ON PLATE TWO. All projections, mitre-joints, and other exposed places are to be well leaded with sheet lead SO as to prevent all leakage. SLATING AND TINNING. All the roofs are to he slated with good Pennsylvania slates of uniform color, laid on tarred sheathing paper, and secured with Swedes iron nails. The slates on the Mansard roofs are to be 8" X 12", with the lower ends rounded. The roofs of the Bay and Luthern windows, and of the piazza, are to be tinned with the best quality of roofing tin, put on with soldered joints. The chimneys and aU other places liable to leak are to be secured with lead or zino and made perfectly tight. The gutters to the main roof are to be of wood and formed as shown on the details of cornice, and to have lead eaves pipes, and two 3" (inside measurement) round wooden conductors put up where directed. The gutters for piazza and bay window are also to be of wood, with 2" wooden conducgtors. As many of the conductors are to connect with the cistern as may be directed. All others are to have proper turnouts at the bottom. WINDOWS. The window-frames are to be made according to the detail drawings, with Southern hard pine, pulley stiles and parting beads. The pockets for the weights are to be cut into the pulley stUes and secured with screws. The sashes are to be of pine IJ" thick, and double hung with weights, best hemp sash cord, and 1|" axle pulleys, and to be provided with good bronzed sash f3,stenings. The stop-beads are to be of soft pine, and are to be secured with round-headed blued iron screws. The cellar windows are to have plank frames made in the usual manner, and the sashes to be hung so as to swing up under the first floor. The glass is to be of such sizes as are figured on the plans. There are to be outside blinds on all the windows, to be hung with wrought-iron hinges and secured with good substantial fastenings. PARTITIONS AND FURRINGS. All partitions are to be set with 2" x 3" joists, placed 16" from centers and bridged. All are to be of even widths, and to be set straight and true. The cappings to the hall partitions are to be 3" X 4". All the partition joists, when practicable, are to go through the floor and stand on the partition cap below. , All ceilings are to be furred with 1" x 3" strips, placed 16" between centers, made straight, and all to be well nailed. All necessary grounds are to be put on to fully prepare for plastering. All other places requiring it are to be furred in a proper manner. LATHING AND PLASTERING. All the walls and ceilings throughout the house are to be lathed with good pine or spruce laths, assorted so as to be entirely free from knots, in all of the principal rooms. All are to be plastered with a heavy coat of lime and hair mortar evenly floated, and skim-coated with beach sand finish. All angles are to be made straight and true. There are to be stucco cornices and centerpieces in the front hall, parlor, and sitting-room. The cornices to cost, on an average, 37 cents per foot, and the centerpieces to cost, in the aggre- gate, $25. IN'SIDE FINISH. The inside finish is to be of clear and thoroughly kiln-dried pine lumber. The style of finish is to be as shown on detail drawings and put up in a thorough and workmanlike manner. There is to be a moulded base in all of the principal rooms throughout the house. All of the clothes closets are to have shelves and drawers as marked on the plans, and to have two strips on all sides where there are no drawers or shelves and provided with hooks screwed on not over 8" apart. The store room and china closet are to be finished with drawers and shelves. The sink is to be finished with a closet underneath. Tlie under floors are to be of good, sound, seasoned SPECIFICATIOKS FOR DESIGN SHOWN ON PLATE TWO. square-edged pine or spruce mill-planed Ijoards, laid edge to edge. The upper floors are to be of narrow widths of seasoned pine, mill-planed, jointed, well laid and smoothed off. All floors are to be cut in between the bases. The bath-tub, water-closet and wash-stand in the bath-room are to be finished with black walnut. The water-closet seat and the tub are to be paneled and moulded. The wash-bowl case is to be finished with drawers and a closet underneath. There is to be a paper box in the water- closet seat. The front outside doors are to be double and of the siles marked on the plan, to be If" thick and to have raised mouldings. The upper panels are to be of glass. The rear outside door is to be of such size as marked on the plan If" thick and moulded with raised mouldings. All other doors throughout the house are to be li" thick and moulded with raised mouldings. All doors are to be of such sizes as are figured on the plans and to have glass panels where marked. All doors are to be of the best quality of kiln-dried pine lumber. STAIRS. The stairs are to be located and built as shown on the plans. They are to be finished with good clear pine; lumber and to have a 7" (shaft measurement) chamfered newel post, 4" moulded rail and If" fancy turned balusters, aU to be of thoroughly seasoned black walnut. The landing and gallery posts are to be 5" and chamfered. The cellar stairs are to be built in a good and substantial manner. Build and set up the steps to front and back doors with good, sound, seasoned 2" hard pine plank. The front steps to have a moulding under the treads with returned nosings. HARDWARE. All doors are to be hung with good loose-jointed butts of suitable sizes for their respective places, and to have brass bolt mortise locks ,with brass plate and keys, and all to have pressed glass knobs and bronzed trimmings. The front doors to be trimmed with flush bolts and to have a lock with night-latch and furnished with duplicate keys. The knobs on the outside to be silvered glass with sUver-plated trimmings. The knob inside is to be of pressed glass. The front door is to be provided with a bell hung in such place as may be directed. The pull is to be of silvered glass and to correspond with the front door knobs. GAS PIPES. Gras pipes are to be put into the ceiling of the parlor, sitting room, front hall and kitbhen, and in all other rooms where marked on the plans. PLUMBING. There is to be a 2' x 4' cast-iron sink at the end of the pantry to be furnished with a 1^" waste-pipe, cesspool strainer, etc., to make the same complete. There is to be a 3" copper pump at the sink to be provided with a 1^' bore, 2i lb. lead pipe to connect with the well. There is to be a 2i" force pump of the best quality, provided with a two ways faucet and li" galvanized iron suction pipe connecting with the rain water cistern. The rising main connecting with the cistern in the bath-room is to be IJ" in diameter, 2i lbs. per foot. The bath-room is to be fltted up with bath-tub, water-closet and wash-bowl. The bath-tub is to be of the usual size, lined with planished copper and furnished with a |" brass faucet, plug, chain, and rose overflow. The water-closet is to be the best pan closet with wedgwood basin, strong lead trap and 4" iron soil pipe and is to be provided with all necessary pipes, service boxes, and other fixtures to fna&e the same complete in every respect. The wash-bowl is to be 15" of marbled pattern, to have a countersunk marble top 1" thick with moulded edge and to have 8" marble back and ends. The faucet, chain, holder and plug are APPROVED FORM OF CONTRACT ADOPTED BY THE ST. LOUIS CO-OPEEATIVB BUILDING ASSOCIATION. ARTICLES OF AGREEMENT, made and entered into this day of Eighteen hundred and sixty eight, by and between the Samuel P. Simpson party of the First part, and Messrs. Bkown and Geable with D. T. Weight, as security party of the Second part, all of the city and county of St. Louis, State of Missouri, in the words and figures as follows : The said party of the Second part, covenant and agree to and with the said party of the First part, to make and erect, build and finish a certain two story brick dwelling house on a certain lot of ground, situated on McPherson Avenue, between "Warne and Sarah Avenues, for Samuel P. Simpson, Esq., in accordance with the drawings, plans and elevations, and specifications furnished by the superintending, architect, and adopted for said buildings, which are hereto annexed and made a part of this contract. The said party of the Second part, shall at their own cost and charges, provide and deliver all and every kind of material of good and sound quality and description, together with the cartage, scaffoldiag, tacldes, tools, templets, rules, moulds, matters and things, labor and work, which may be necessary for the due, proper and complete execution of this contract, and accordingly erect, build, finish and complete in a good, sound, workmanlike manner to the perfect satisfaction and approbation of the superintendent, J. H. McClaeen Esq., the aforesaid buildings and works, according to the specifications, drawings, dimensions and explanations and observations thereon, or herein stated, described or implied or incident thereto, which may become necessary to the true intent and meaning thereof, although not specially and specifically stated or described by the aforesaid drawings and specifications. And should it appear, that any of the works hereby intended to be done, or matters relative thereto are not fully detailed or explained in the said specifications and drawings, the said party of the Second part shall apply to the superintendent for such further detailed explanations, and perform his orders as part of this contract. The superintendent shall be at liberty to make any deviation from or alteration in the plan, form, construction, detail and execution, described by the drawings and specifications, without invaliding or rendering void this contract, and in case of any difference in the expense, an addition to or abatement from the contract price shall be made, and tlie same shall be determined by the architect. And the said superintendent shall have fall power and lawful authority to reject the whole ' or any part or portion of said materials or work, which may not in his opinion be in strict accordance with the letter and spirit of these presents ; and if by reason of any act or deed on the part of the said party of the Second part, the said party of the First part, or its legal representatives, or the superintendent, shall be led to believe that the erection or completion of said buildings is retarded unnecessarily, they or either of them may, as often as the same appears to them necessary, furnish such works and materials as they may deem necessary to facilitate the completion of said buildings and the cost and expense thereof is to be borne by and chargeable to the party of the Second part exclusively. And in case of any alteration or change that may be directed by the said superintendent as aforesaid in the plans, drawings and construction of the aforesaid buildings, and in case of any omission or addition to said buildings being required by said superintendent, the cost and expense thereof is to be agreed upon in writing, and such agreement is to be signed by said party of the Second part and superintendent before the same is done, or before any allowance therefor can be claimed ; and in case of any failure so to agree, the same shall be completed upon the original plan APPROVED FORM OF CONTRACT. And in case of frost or inclemency of weather, the said party of the Second part shall effectuaUy cover, protect and secure the several works, as occasion may require, and prevent admission of wet through the apertures, and all damages occasioned thereby or otherwise, during the progress of the works and by depredation or fire, the same to be borne and reinstated by and at the expense of the said party of the Second part who shaU also case eflfectually with boarding all bases, capitals, cornices and other projections, and deliver up the building in the most perfect order and condition, fit for use and occupation. The said St. Louis Co-operative BuUding Association reserves to itself the right to insure said buildings, during the progress of the works at the costs and expenses of the said party of the Second part. The work of erecting and finishing said buildings, including all alterations and additions in said contract provided or hereafter agreed upon, is to be proceeded with, with all reasonable dis- patch, and the same shall be completed and delivered up to said party of the first part in perfect order and condition, fit for use and occupation on or before the first day of May, of the year Eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, it being agreed that the said party of the Second part shall forfeit the sum of ten dollars for every day expiring after that day, before the completion and delivery of said buildings as aforesaid to the said party of the First part, and this condition not to be made or' rendered void by any alteration or additional works being performed, but in such case the time shall be extended as shall be deemed proper by the superintendent and agreed to by the said party of the Second part, at the time of such extension. The superintendent' s opinion, certificate report,, and decision on all matters to be binding and conclusive on the party of the Second part. The said party of the First part agrees and binds itself for and in consideration of the erection of said buildings as aforesaid to pay unto the party of the Second part the sum of seven thousand two hundred and sixty dollars ($7,260). Payments to be made as the work progresses to the amount of the value of sixty per cent, of the work done, as the superintendent shall estimate it, and 30 per cent, of the contract amount at the completion and delivery of the work, and the residue of 20 per cent. , or the balance of the con- tract price six months after the buildings are completed, and delivered up to the said party of the First part, but the said party of the first part shall have the right at any time after said buildings are completed to settle with and pay said party of the Second part, either in cash or by notes, as may be agreed upon by both parties. It being, however, understood that nothing herein contained shall be in any way so construed as to require the deferred payment to be made in less than six months after the completion and acceptance of the buildings by the party of the First part. The portion of the contract price contemplated to be paid during the progress of the work, to be paid in instalments and dates as follows, provided that at such dates the progress of the work has made such payments due : — Eight hundred ($800) dollars when the first floor joist is on, eight hundred ($800) dollars when the second floor joist is on, eight hundred ($800) doUars when the roof is on, eight hundred and sixty ($860) dollars when the building is plastered, one thousand ($1,000) dollars when the finish and trimmings are up, fifteen hundred ($1,500) dollars when the building is completed, and the balance as hereinbefore provided for. Provided, that the wages of artisans and laborers, and all those employed by, or furnishing materials to the said party of the Second part, shall have been paid and satisfied, so that they shall have no lien upon the buildings or works, and in case the said party of the Second part shall fail HO to pay and satisfy all and every claim and demand against said buildings as aforesaid, the said party of the First part may, if it deems proper so to do, retaia from the moneys due and comino- to said party of the Second part, enough to pay and satisfy such claims and demands, it being, however, understood that nothing herein contained shall in any way be construed as impairing the right of the said party of the First part to hold the said party of the Second part, or securities' liable^ on their bond for any breach of the conditions of the same. Sub-contractors and parties furnishing materials on account of this contract are to be paid by the party of the First part, pro rata, as above stated, upon order from the party of the Second part, and all such payments to be charged to account of this contract. SPECIFICATIONS FOE DESIGN SHOWN ON PLATE TWO. to be silver-plated. The wash-bowl case is to be lined tip tinderneath with lead 4" high and to have a suitable sized waste pipe connecting with the soil pipe. There is to be a cistern over the bath-room of 300 gallons capacity, lined with 5 lb. sheet lead and to be provided with all the necessary pipes, valves, etc., to make the same complete in every respect. The supply pipe for the bath-tub is to be |" bore, 2i lbs. per foot, for wash-bowl |" bore, li lbs. per foot. The waste pipes for tub and bowl are to be li" bore 3 lbs. per foot. AU materials of good quality necessary to complete the plumber' s work in every respect are to furnished and all the work is to be done in a good and workmanlike manner. PAINTING AND GLAZING. All of the woodwork outside and inside that is usually painted, is to have three good coats of paint of the best quality all to be tinted as may be directed. The closet floors are to be painted. AU gutters and tinned roofs are to be painted with three good coats of paint. The blinds are to be •painted four coats of such color as may be directed. The stair raUs and all hard woodwork are to be filled and well rubbed down in oil. All hard pine work is to be puttied and well oiled. All of the sashes are to be glazed with the best German glass, all to be well bedded, bradded and back puttied. The front doors are to be glazed with ground glass of such pattern as may be selected. All other glass panel doors are to have plain ground glass. FINALLY. It is to be understood that everything necessary to the full and complete execution of the work according to the general intent and meaning of these plans and specificationa, is to be done and all materials furnished so as to complete the work in a good and workmanlike manner whether herein particularly described or not. FORM OF CONTRACT FOE THE BUILDING OF DESIGN SHOWN ON PLATE TWO. Memorandum of agreement made between A. B., of , in the County of ; and Commonwealth of- , of the first part, and C. D., of , in the county and commonwealth aforesaid, builder, of the second part, touching the erection of a wooden dwelling house for said A. B., to be located on street, in ■-, and to completely finish the same in all its parts by the party of the second part, according to the full intent and meaning of the plans and specifications of even date herewith and signed by both parties hereto, said plans and specifications to be considered as a part of this agreement. The said C. D., in consideration of the covenants and agreements hereinafter contained by the said A. B. to be kept and performed, does covenant, promise and agree that he the said C. D. shall commence the work immediately and prosecute it to its completion without any delays of the same, except such as are inevitably caused by the strike of workmen or the state of the weather, and that he will perform all labor and furnish aU materials necessary to complete the work so as to satisfy the provisions of this contract in accordance with the requirements of the plans and specifications in the most thorough and workmanlike manner under the superiatendence of to his satisfaction and to the acceptance of the owner on or before the day of now next ensuing the date hereof And it is hereby expressly agreed that the said C. D. shall pay and allow the said A. B. for each and every day (except the aforesaid) beyond said of the sum of ten dollars as liquidate damages. But if the work is delayed by causes aforesaid, the said C. D. is to be allowed one extra day for each and every day of delay to coliiplet'e said work. < And the said A. B. in consideration of the above premises doth for himself and his executors agree well and truly to pay or cause to be paid unto the said C. D. or his legal representatives the following sum to wit : Three thousand eight hundred dollars in the manner following, that is to say, when the cellar is finished and the building raised and boarded, one thousand dollars : when the outside is completed one thousand dollars : when the plastering is finished eight hundred dollars, and the balance one thousand doUars in thirty days after the building is completed and accepted by the architect and proprietor free from all charges by way of Uen or other attachments. No extra work shall be performed or materials furnished beyond that provided for by this agreement and the plans and specifications aforesaid, nor shall the work be changed or in anywise varied by the said C, D., except upon request made by the said A. B., who shall have the right to vary and alter so far as respects any part of the work or materials at any time remaining to be performed or finished by the said C. D. And in case a request is made by said A. B. to have any change or alterations made, the price shall be agreed upon and the bargain made in writing and signed hj both parties hereto before such changes or alterations are commenced. And if any difference of opinion shall arise in regard to the price of extra work, it shaU be referred to the architect and two disinterested persons, one to be chosen by each of the parties hereto and whose decision shall be final and binding upon all parties. It is further agreed that insurance shall be effected upon the building in some company approved by the said A. B., immediately after the first payments to the amount of that payment, and to be increased after each payment to the amount of the sum of all the payments then made. Said policy of insurance is to be in the name and for the benefit of said A. B. in case of loss, he paying one half and the said C. D. paying one half the expense of the policy. In witness whereof the said parties of the first and second parts have hereunto set their hands and seals this day of one thousand eight hundred and Executed in presence of APPBOVED FORM OF CONTRACT. All payments by the party of the First part to the party of the Second part, or to their orders to he made upon orders from the said superintendent. In Witness Whereof^ we, the several parties to tne above contract, have set our hands and seals, the day and year first above written. WITNESS. Brown & Grablb. [Seal] James H. McClaben. • D. T. Wright. [Seal] P. S. — The above is a copy of contract for the building of a house for Gen'l. Saniuel P. Simpson, designed by Alfred Grable, Architect, 416 Locust St., St. Louis, Mo. PRICES OF BUILDING MATERIAL AND LABOR. AT BOSTON, OCTOBER, 1869. Bricks $10.00 to 12.00 per thousand. Spruce framing lumber 23.00 " " feet Lumber for boarding walls and roof 20.00 to 25.00 Framing Lumber 40.00 to 65.00 " Journeyman Carpenter's and Mason's labor 2.75 to 4.00 " day. AT ST. LOUIS, OCTOBER, 1869. R.ubble stone work $ 3.50 Excavation 35 Brick, merchantable 12.50 Lath and Plastering, three coats plaster finish 36 " " " three coats sand finish 32 Framing Timber. — White pine joist 24.50 Scantling2x4 " 18.00 Roofing. — Shingles sawed, best quality 5.50 Sheathing, 1 inch white pine 18.00 Slating, plain 18.00 Tin Roofing, one X 13.00 " guttering for 14 inch 15 Flooring. — White pine, second rate, 3 to 5i inches wide and f thick. . . .45.00 Yellow pine, second rate, 3 to 5^ inches wide, f thick 40.00 " " third rate, 3 to 5^ inches wide, f thick 35.00 Finishing Lumber. — White pine, 1 inch clear 50.00 White pine, li and 2 inch 65.00 I^ails, average price 5.00 Labor. — Stone Masons 4.50 Masons Tender 2.50 Bricklayers 5.00 Carpenters •. 3.50 Laborers 2. 00 Painters 3.00 Plasterers » • 4.50 per perch. cubic yard thousand. yard thousand feet. feet, square. " 100 feet, foot. thousand feet. )) )j )» ;) )) )) keg. day. FROJSTTISPIECE. Perspective view of Bay County Court-house, Bay City, Mich. Plates 49, 50 and 51 show the front and side elevations, plans and details. ~^',pt— '--^7 PLATE 1. THREE DESIGNS FOR CHEAP FRAME COTTAGES. Fig. I. Front elevation of cottage with hip roof. Fig. 2. First floor plan, containing three rooms and porch. This design can be built for $750. ,Fig. 3. Elevation of cottage, suitable for plan of Fig. I. Cost $1,000. Fig. 4. Front elevation of cottage, containing six rooms. Fig. 5. First floor plan of Fig. 4. Fig. 6. Second floor plan of Fig. 4. Cost $1,200. The designs on this plate are drawn on the scale of one-eighth of one inch to the foot. Plate 1 Fig. 1. rig. 2 Fig. 3. Scale: % of 1 inch to the foot. f-l i-rK Dd rrn ' '■ Fig. 4. Fig. 6 lith.l)y J,BieiLl6 a=18 ParloPlaceKr ^y^ if I^lat e 2. 4 i'ROXT KLEVATIOIS' SITTING ROOM. 13. e. X n. LPAf — ] / CHAMBER. is.exis. \ y BATH RO r IL- . CHAMBER i] / JL ^ (^ \ H ^ L b _i °^ fj CHAMBER. ■ II.SxIS. ^ r ex// ■ - \ ■ \ \ \ PLAN OF FIRST FLOOR . PLAN or SECOND FLOOR. lith.ln' JBienie il8 PartTlar-p WT PLATE 2. DESIGN FOR A FRENCH COTTAGE. Ltman Underwood, Arcliitect, 13 Exchange Street, Boston. The front elevation and floor plans of this cottage are perhaps, sufficiently explicit. It is simply but conveniently arranged for a small family. It is intended to be built of wood, and painted to harmonize with the surroundings. The stories are ten and nine feet. The eleva- tion is drawn to a scale of eight feet to one inch, and the floors sixteen feet to one inch. The cost under ordinary circumstances would be about $3,800. PLATES 3, 4. design' for a cottage. Ebown & Gbabblb, Architects, 307 Locnst Street, St. Louis. Plate 3 . Shows the front elevation and first story plan, containing Hall, Parlor, Library, Dining-room, Conservatory, Kitchen, Pantry, &c. Plate 4. Side elevation and second story plan, containing four Chambers, Bath-room and Closets. Scale — eight feet to the inch. Cost, built of brick, $6,000. Plate 3. FRONT ELEVATION r* STORY PLAN : 1.(5) liai.VJBienlSilSParTcTlaceNT 2^' Plate 4. SIDE ELEVATION. 2? STORT PLAN. tiT"i-'i I'T I I I I I r I I I I I I I I I I I tithV J.Bienl6418Part?lace NT ^ Plate 5. PORCH eo'inso" TRONT ELEVATIOJf Scale '/s m FIRST STOiar Scale 332 in SECOM) STOKY 1^ -.^^1 lifh-by J,Bi8nl6 il8 ParicTlace NT if 'c^fr.^^ SIDE ELEVATION. ScaleVsiii BASEMENT Scalea^ai Plate 6 lith.V IBienie &18 farkTlace N T PLATES 5, 6. DESIGN FOR AN ITALIAN COTTAGE. E. R. Pkajstcisco, Architect, Kansas City, Mo. Plate 5. Shows the front elevation and first and second story plans. Plate 6. Side elevation and basement plan. Scale of elevations, one-eighth inch to the foot. Scale of plans, three-thirty-second of an inch to the foot. Cost, built of brick, $2,500. PLATES 7, 8, 9. ELEVATIONS, PLANS AND DETAILS FOR A GOTHIC COTTAGE. EDfiAH BEBBTUAir, AToMtect, 388 Main Street, Buffalo. Plate 7. Fig. i is the front elevation j Fig. 2 A, Vestibule; B, Hall eight feet wide containing main stairs and recess (a) for hat rack ; C, Parlor fifteen by eighteen feet ; D, Dining-room sixteen by nineteen feet , E, Bed or Sitting-room having large closet H, and Bath-room G, in con- nection; F, Kitchen; I, Closet; K, Pantry; L, Serving and China Closet ; W, rear platform; N, Verandah; height main part eleven feet, rear nine feet four inches. Plate 8 . Fig. 3 side elevation ; Fig. 4 V, Platform on level of second floor of rear part ; U and T, Bed-rooms ; X, Closets; Q, R, S, Chambers ; P, Tower containing stairs to Observatory; O, Hall containing niche for Statuary. All on Plates 7 and 8 are drawn twelve feet to an inch. Plate 9. Contains principal details; A, Tower and gable windows; B, Railing and cornice of Observatory ; C, Elevation and section of cor- nice and butments on Bay windows ; D, Main cornice ; E, Finial ; F, Verandah; G, Chimney tops ; L, Stair-case. All one-half inch to the foot. H, O, N, Section of Doors ; M and I,. Inside finish ; K, section of window frame; P, Bases ; S, Window-sill ; I, Water- table all one and one-half inch to the foot ; g, Plaster cornice and panel moulding ; R, Plaster arch over Bay windows and in Hall. Plate 7 I.itk.VJffieiil6&18PaATlaceXt Fig. TV Plate 8. lifli.liy JBienie il8 FartPlacelia: w w^ Plate 9. lith.by J.Bienie &18 PariHaceXT. riaie lu. * FIRST FLOOR PLAN, [ith.by-T.fiiira.lo ItlS PatkPlace'yT BED R. 16 V 18 SECOISTD FLOOR SIDE ELEATATTO^NT .tig lith.bv J-'BienlS &]fl FmkHaceljS PLATES 10, 11, 12- DESIGN. FOR A FRAME COTTAGE VILLA. ■ A. C. Bbtjcb, Architect, Nashville, Tenn. . Plate lo. Shows the front elevation and first floor plan of a dwelling recently erected for Col. A. S. Colyer, President of the Sawannee Coal Mines^ The arrangement has been made without regard to space. All the rooms are large and well ventilated. The doors to the Library and the one on the Parlor entering on the front porch are two folds with sash. The inside doors first story, are three by seven feet with transom over each and moulded on both sides. The front door is of black walnut ; the sliding doors are also made of black walnut two and one-half inches thick, moulded below, with ornamental glass panels above, r The windows are all double box hung with weights. The first story was plastered to ground when the finish, shown in detail C, was put on, out of first-class yellow pine oiled and varnished. The first story is twelve feet in clear. The plan on the plate is drawn to a scale of three thirty-second of one inch to the foot. The second story is finished with Poplar in a plain manner and neatly painted. Plate II. Side elevation and second story plan. Scale three thirty- second of one inch to the foot. ' Plate 12. Details of Gable, Front Window, Vestibule and Finial at one-half of one inch to the foot. Section of Architrave at one and one-half inch. Cost $7,500. PLATES 13, 14. DESIGN FOR A CHEAP RESIDENCE WITH, FRENCH ROOF, O. B. Ceopf, Architect, Fort Edward, N. T.' Plate 13. Contains the front elevation, first floor plan, and details of Cornice, Balustrade, Canopy, Window-caps, &c. Plate 14. Shows the side elevation, plan of second floor and details for front and rear Verandah. Scale of elevations and plans one-eighth of one inch to the foot. Details three-fourth of one inch to the foot. This dwelling has recently been erected for John D. Bancroft, Cashier of the First National Bank of Ballston Spa, N. Y. Total cost including Architect's fees $4,000. The design presents a unique and inviting appearance and would voluntarily suggest an outlay of double the amount. The roof is covered with slate of the best quality. The frame is balloon constructed from two by four wallstrips and covered with good quality pine clap-boards, laying four inches to the weather. The first story is filled in with soft brick well laid in lime mortar. The floors are best quality' Canada spruce. The exterior and interior details are of pine. The windows are hung with weights and supplied with finely finished inside blinds. The basement contains a hot-air furnace with four, nine by fourteen registers. Plate 13. ^k<^ A \ /\ zl BALUSTRADE % % w- URN FOR BALUSTRADE lith.V J.Bienl6 ilB TarlPlacoi'T Plate 14. URN FOR VERANDAH ^ok^ _s2^S^. Lith.ty J.Bien 16 il« I'arkPlace N " FmST FLOOR. SECOND FLOOR. BASEMENT. Fig.1. FRONT VIEW. SIDE VIEW. iQM^. PLATE 15. DESIGN FOR A TWO STORY BRICK SUBURBAN RESIDENCE. E. E. Mtbrs, Architect, Springfield, IH. Fig. I. Front elevation. Fig. 2. Side elevation. Fig. 3. First floor plan, containing Hall, Parlor, Dining and Sitting- room, Kitchen and Pantry. Fig. 4.. Second floor, containing Guests' and Family rooms. Bath- room, two Bed-rooms and Servants' room. Fig. 5. Basement plan. Scale sixteen feet to one inch. Cost 500. PLATES 16, 17. DESIGN FOR A DWELLING, STYLE FRENCH MANSARD. Bbown & Gbabblb, Architects, 307 Locust Street, St. Louis, Mo, This house is suitable for a country or suburban residence. Can be built of brick or wood ; cost built of merchantable brick and painted, $7,500. Plate 16. Shows the front elevation and first story plan. Plate 17. Plan of second story and attic. Scale of elevation and plans eight feet to the inch. w^ ■5) FBQIfT ELTTVaTIOIT HALL PORCH. 1ST STOEY. Plate 16. -■-« ■ a ■ . '^ ^®)^ litltyJ-Bieiiie &18 ParkPlaceU.T. Hate 17 1 1 1 1 ■ ■ ■ 1 m > r O z -< 1 1 ■ ■' ■ 1 A.TTIC Eflibv J3ien.l6 &B PartPlace'N.T. Plate J( Plate 19 &. &' lifli.bv JBieiiie &1S FteXHaoeS PLATES 18, 19. DESIGN OF SUBURBAN RESTDENCE. E. B. Mtbrs, Architect, Springfield, 111. Plate i8. Front elevation and first floor plan. Plate 19. Side elevation and second floor plan. Scale one-eighth of one inch to the foot. This dwelling has been recently erected for W. B. Corneau, of Springfield, 111. Cost $10,000. PLATES 20, 21, 22. DESIGN FOR A FIRST CLASS DWELLING. E. BOTDON & Son, Architects, Worcester, Mass. Plate 2o. Front elevation. Plate 21. Rear elevation and ground plan. Plate 22. Side elevation and chamber plan. This house has been built for Mr. J. A. Hovey, Ballston Spa, N. Y., and is one of the best residences in that section of the country.' The cost was $30,000. Scale of plans and elevations one inch to twelve feet. 3^' riate 20. FRO^NT EIiE\^TTO:N. Scale arLeJncli-12Ft. Lifli.ljy JBienffiiie FarkHace"N.T. Plate 21. f Scale l-inch-12 ft. KRAR ELEVATIOIS^ AND GR017M) EJLAN lith-V J.Bienie JtlBParTcPlaceTO". 135- * j'lace ^ii. SIDE ELEVATIOS. CHAMBER PLAIf. k._ ■Sbafe/ / stkA'- iS fytt V lithV JBienie il8 TWkTlaceXt 4)° Plate 23 4 c ^^r, FHOISTT A^rETW litli.bv J.Bienie &18 ParkPlaceN J PJate 24 p o a: o 0-. ' ■ FIRST FLOOR PLAN TJfl, >» T R;„„ IK llR P„>P),™1!X i Plate 25.1 s ^.v J.;Bunil6 fclB F.rVPlace'N.r. p?- 3 SL ^ a H tj u n w Plate 29. BASEMENT. nth.ljy J.Bientt il8 PwiHaceWT. PLATE 29. MODEL DESIGN FOR A CHEAP CITY DWELLING. C. BOLIN Stase, Architect, PMladelpMa, Pa. This Plate shows the front elevation, section and plans of a city residence of moderate cost. The basement has a kitchen, closet, and coal cellar ; the first story ante-room, dining-room and closets ; the second story contains library and parlor ; third story — bed-room, dressing-room, bath-room and closet. Scale — one-eighth of one inch to the foot. Cost, built of brick and plainly furnished, $2,000. •# PLATES 30, 31. PERSPECTIVE VIEW, FRONT ELEVATION AND PLAN FOR A FIRST-CLASS STABLE. E. BoTDON & Son, Architects, Worcester, Mass. This stable has been recently erected for a gentleman at Worcester, Mass. The style of his residence is Elizabethian, and the stable is made to correspond. Cost $5,000. "J Plate 30 litl.by J.Bieiil6!.18 PariPla<:e-N.T. Flate 31. STABILE t*-iyrf*jt«!!*%n*5S J^i^??i^:^^^JiJ^:^;;i;!it^;S;%»i;^^ ■fro:n't elevatio:n" / 13 Ji.. SCALE; 12.PT = LIKTCH. A. Tla.ce to wash Cccnr'ia^es. B . TFla.ce for wtLsTitrui Horses. 3o' g- Cbvered. yard, {or J\laJizu^e ajtd •SVroLW. se' l^^' 16 Ji ieji. 76 If-" - px.a:n^ Iifh.byJ.BieiiKi]SPaatHiace"NT -little a'/ nfh .Ijv J.Birailfi &18 FirkHace PLATE 3 2. , ELEVATIONS AND PLANS FOR A CARRIAGE-HOUSE AND STABLE. E. E. Myers, Architect, Springfield, HI. Fig. I. Front elevation. Fig. 2. Side elevation. Fig, 3 . Plan of first floor. Scale, eight feet to one inch. Cost, built of brick and covered with slate, $2,700. PLATE 33. ELEVATION OF BLOCK OF TWO STORE-FRONTS. E. E. Myers, Architect, Springfield, 111. This block has been designed for the Hon. J. C. Conklin, of Spring- field, 111 Scale, one-eighth of one inch to the foot. Cost $16,000. 11* riate '33 lilh.bvJ.Bienie&lSFaTkPlace^S.Y. Plate 34. o o o a> Ui H Q o ^ ^« ^ o o ^ ^ M litli.ljy J3ieiil6 fcl8 PraTcHaie'NX PLATE 34. DESIGNS FOR STREET FRONTS FOR STORES. G. B. Ckoff, ArcMtect, Fdrt Edward, N. Y. Design A, shows a store front prepared for Thomas Eldridge, to be built at Fort Edward. Design B, has been executed in the village of Ballston Spa, N.Y., for John J. Luther, Esq. A and B are drawn on the scale of three-sixteenth of one inch to the foot. PLATE 35. DESIGNS FOR FOUR STORES. E. E. Myers, ArcMtect, Springfield, 111. This block of stores is erected at Jacksonville, 111. Scale of elevation, one-eighth of one inch to the foot. Cost $30,000. (g)>^ :5i. 4 C ISI to o ^ 1/3 C Plate 35 lith.bv J-BienlStlS FnitHaceTJT 3^° Hate 36 SCAIE ll]^ n m 0^0=0=0 Plate 46. PORTICO \ ^- ^ o PORTICO O^O^O^O o o ^r.^1 lith.byJ.BienietlfiParlcflaceM Plate 49. S15F^ ^'^ ^ . :i ' Kgn '(^ Pig. iv; t;.i.i_tij; icin«Ti.„i,-in,»4.|0C Plate 51. litli.Tjv J.Bienie il8 FattHace'N.T. PLATES 49, 50, 51. DESIGN OF BAY COUNTY COURT-HOUSE, BAY CITY, MICH. Cyktjs K. Poster, Aiduteot, Buffiilo, N.T. Plate 49, Fig. i, Front elevation. Fig. 2. Plan of first floor. A, Hall with stairways at each end of main hall, leading to court-rooms above; B, Supervisors' room; C, County clerk's office, with private office; E, D, County treasurer's office, with private office ; G, Sheriff's office ; H, Clerk of court's office ; B, might be used as office of Probate Judge, as either C or D would answer for Board of Supervisors. The rooms in this story are all fourteen feet high in the clear. Safes, I, I, are provided for the offices. Plate 50. Fig. 3, Side elevation. Fig. 4. K, Court-room, forty-eight by seventy-one feet, and twenty- two feet high in clear; L, is the Bar containing seats for the judges, jury, and officers of the court ; M, Witnesses' waiting-room, with water-closet ; N, Counsel room and library; O and P, Jury rooms, one of which is designed to be used as a judge's dressing or retiring-room; they are both supplied with private entrances, water-closets, etc. These rooms are twelve feet high in clear. L, is a stairway leading to an attic above, and from thence to the top of the dome. The drawings on Plates 49 and 50 are to a scale of sixteen feet to one inch. Plate 5 1 . Shows the most important details, drawn to a scale of one- half inch to the foot. A, B and F, Portions of dormer windoWs ; C, Main cornice ; D, Dome cornice ; E, Base and plinth of dome ; G, Cornice at angle of roof; H, Cornice of railing around top of dome ; L, Chimney top ; M and N, Inside finish, one-fourth full size ; O, Stairway ; P, Wain- scoting of court-room ; g and R, Sections of doors, one-half inch to one foot. The building has a basement of Kingston stone, the superstructure of yellow brick, with sandstone dressings. It is warmed with steam and lighted with gas. The cost was about $42,000, finished in the most substantial manner. Geo. Watkins, of Bay City, was the builder. PLATES 52, 53, 54. DESIGN" FOR A MODEL JAIL AND JAILOR'S RESIDENCK E. B. Myebs, Aichiteet, Springfield, m. This design will be executed at Petersburg, Menard County, 111., Similar jails have been erected at Carlinville, Maconpin County, and at Lincoln, Logan County, 111. The foundation is stone. The superstruc- ture of jailor's residence being brick, with stone dressings. The prison is dimension stone, all large size, pitch faced both sides twelve inches thick, iand dowelled together with two-inch cannon shot, twelve shot to each stone. The cells, floors and ceilings are all six-inch slabs of stone. Com- plete cost, $20,oo6. Plate 52. Front elevation, side elevation, basement ground plan, plan of first floor and plan of second floor. Scale, one-twelfth of one inch to the foot. Plate 53. Longitudinal and transverse isections of building. Scale, one-eighth of one inch to the foot. Plate 54. Design for outside and inside doors. Scale, one inch to the foot. Plate 52. /G \ IIIH till 1 Np 51 Si 1 SI 1 bkJia4 _„i„;J «! ,v JiDDtPDHJ^fftPDRJ^ JOTPCnPD IB MJilUljOnDilbaDQI I lithV J-Bi«al6 il8 ParkHacelCC ^w^ ^S" ^ fS«ft-V Plate 53. c LONGITUDINAL SECTION Through. A.B. CROSS SECTIOlSr Throu^ CD. Scale H inch, to foot. .^e HI Oft H K' M. (-) Plate 54 '1' V lifc.VJBi«il6il8ParVTlace"ST. THREE SIZES-SEVEN, EIGhHT AND NINE INCH. The particulai atteutioa o£ Bttildeks, Hottsekeepees and dealers in Stoves andRAifSES is mvited-to this New, First- Class cooking EANGE. It combines the essential quaUties of bconomt and convenience m an enunent degree. It is SUBSTANTIALLY MADE OP THE BeST MaTEBIAL, COMPACT IN EOBM, BEATITIETJL IN BESIGN, mOnnted vdth THE GSEAIEST CAKE, and in aU EESPECTS, PiBST-CLASs. It has an enlarged boiUng top. The eight and nine inch sizes being made with jive or six BOILEE HOLES as may be desired. There is but one bampee to control the draught and regulate the temperature of the ovens, BO that it is simple in its operation and very easily managed. The ovens being elevated are easy of access, the waeming closet is sPACioirs and the Gbate and other appurtenances very convenient. EVEET EANGE IS WAEEANTED. FULLER, WARREN & CO., Manufacturers, Troy, N. Y. 1^= We also manufacture the Lawson Portable and Stationary Furnaces for either wood or coal, which are pronounced by tWusands who are using them, the best FtrsNAOES now in the market for heating Chttbches, School HoxFSES, Public Buildings or Peivaie Ebsidences. BEANCH HOUSES :_ PULLER, WARREN & CO., FULLEE, WABEEN & CO., S3 state St., Chicago, III. F0LLEB, WAEEEN & CO., 80 Biver St., Cleveland. O. TROY, N. Y. MEW PMM€ri€^E M&&MB MMB S&WBMM. FOR SALE BY A. J. BICKNELL & CO. TROY, N. Y. and SPRINGFIELD, ILL. Designs for Street Fronts, Suburban Houses, and Cottages, Including details for both exterior and interior of the above class of buildiDgs, also a great variety of details not included in the designs, illustrated by elevations, and containing in all over 1,000 Designs and Illustrations. 52 folio plates. Price, $10. % By CiJMMnres & Millek, Authors of Architecture. This work contains Designs and Plans for Villas, Farm-houses, Cottages, City Residences, Churches, School- houses, &c., &c. 55 plates. Price, , $10. By 0. Edwabd Loth, 2d Edition,' Revised and Corrected. A complete treatise on the art of building Stairs and Hand Rails, with a manuel of elementary descriptive geometry and practical geometrical constructions. Deseed for Carpenters, Builders and Stair Builders, illustrated with 30 ori^nal plates. One large volume substantially bound in cloth. Price, $10. Containing 1;000 original Designs, Plans and Details to working Scale, for the practical construction of Dwellipg Houses tor the Country, Suburb and Village, with full and complete sets of specifications and an estimate of the cost of each design.. Price, $12.00. ^IsTD ELEMiEISTTS OF H^ND RAILING, By ROBEKT ' RiDDELL, Revised Edition, with 34 plates. Price, $7.00. Comprising 46 folio plates of Plans, Elevations and Details of Churches, Dwellings and Stores. By Lorring & Jenney, Architects, Chicago. Price, $12.00. The above named books will be sent post paid on receipt, of price, or by express, collection on delivery. AND BUILDERS' JOURNAL, By Samuel Sloan, Architect. Price, $6.00 per annum. THE WORK-SHOP, 5.40 do. THE AMERICAN BUILDER, 3.00 do. THE MANUFACTURER AND BUILDER, 1.50 do. We also supply Dra/wvng Instrv/memts, suitable for the use of Carpenters, Builders, Architects and Engineers. Illustrated and descriptive catalogues of Architectural Books, Journals and Mathematical Instruments, sent free to any address. THE OT^TEISTTJ^Tj BASE BURNING STATIONARY AND PORTABLE WARM AIR FURNACES STATIONARY, PORTABLE, Nos. 20' 22', 24, 27! PORTABLE, HFEHBUmAIMm. Nos. 15, 17, 19, 21. Patented by JAMES G-HAY, October 18th, 1864, and January 7tli, 1868. " ROBERT Z. LIDDLE, November 26tli, 1867. " JOHIsT S. PERRY, July 7tti, 1868, February 16th., and June 22th, 1869. Silver Medal awarded by The New York State Agricultural Society, 1 868 ; The Michigan State Agri- cultural Society, I 869 ; The Albany County Agricultural Society, 1 869. Continuous Burners ; But one fire required to be made during the season ; Eequires to be replenished with fuel but onoe in 24 hours ; Wonderfully economical in the use of coal ; Easily regulated and adapted to mild weather, as well as cold ; No escape of gas if properly set ; No clinker or slag to obstruct the fire ; Specially adapted to warming Churches and large Halls ; The quality of the heat balmy and delightful. In addition to these Furnaces, we are manufacturing Nine sizes of Oriental Heating Stoves, with Direct Flties. Seven " ■• " " « <• with Ovens for JBaking and Boiling, and Seating Flat Irons. Nine " " " « ^nji Mevertible Flues, as BASE SEATEMS, also with Ovens, <&c. Three " " Base Burning Cooking Stoves, 2fos. 8, 9, 10. Forming the most complete variety of Base Burning-Heating and Cooking Stoves and Furnaces ever offered to the public. Send for Descriptive Circulars. Office and Foundty, 1 15 Hudson street, Albany, N.Y, Branch Warehouse, 250 Water Street, New-York^ DRAWING INSTRUMENTS. , ^ : Engineers, Arcnitects, Draughtsmen and Surveyors furnished with LEVELS AND TRANSITS, RodSp Chains, Tapes, Cases of Instpuments, PROFILE AND CROSS SECTION PAPERS, Tracing Cloth, Tracing Paper, Transit and Level Books, SEPARATE INSTRUMENTS AS PENCILS, RUBBER, WINSOR & NEWMAN'S COLORS. India Ink, Erasers, Tacksy &c., &c. BUBV-BYOB^B COMPABBlSBj BUILDER'S LEVELS, And all articles connected with the Profession. SETS OF MATHEMATICAL INSTRUMENTS Prepared and Fitted in Cases to order. JAMES TV. QUEEN & CO. PHILADELPHIA. ^ 1 « » k^- 1^- FRICED O^T'A.LOGTJES BY Mj^IL, lO CENTS. IMPROVED AND CHEAP MODE OIF I^/EliTDEK/IIN-a BTJILnDIlsra-S Fire-Proof or Non-Combusf ibie. The liability of buildings to destniotion by fire, should not only awaken the fears of every citizen, but also direct attention to and practical method of overcoming the evil. The frequency and extent of conflagrations are proofs, that the present mode of protection from the ravages of that devouring element. To supply the want for a durable mode of rendering buildings fire-proof, invited to examine critically the device herewith illustrated. The inventor has spent three years in experiment ^^^ and ' study to perfect this system, and, while pri- iiliiillliiilll ^^H / / / marily aiming only to perfect a system of fire-proof ■■iLlllllHmllll Mi^B buUdmg, now claims that he has secured several important results not at first contemplated. One of these coincident results is the rendering of a building rat-proof as well as fiie-proof. A second is, that tf very superior wall to that formed by ^^^^^ ^^^^y s^^ ^^^^ip^B ^^^ ri plastering on wooden lath is obtained; the cement ^^^^■■^■^■^^^^^^^^^s^^ or plaster not drying out rapidly, but retaining its moisture until a perfect chemical combination has taken plaoe between the materials of which it is composed. The plaster is found, after it has hard- ened, to be four times as hard as common pla stering. The peculiar form of the iron laths also prevents the falling down of any portion of the plaster from any .ordinary cause, or from the action of great heat. Gtreat pains have been taken to bring the cost of this method down to such a figure that it can successfully compete with the ordinary mate- riaJB and methods of building. The inventor informs us that this has been so far accomplished, that the cost for fire-proofing a floor — ^which also answers for deafening it — ^is not so much as that of wood used for deafening or " pugging." The features of this invention will be easily understood by the aid of the accompanying engra- vings. Fig. 1 is a sectional view of the upper and under side of a flre-proof and rat-proof floor, with iQtervening joists and spaces, and also of a vertical wall with sections of lath and concrete. In this engraving the joists are lettered A ; B is the concrete ; C the lath and plaster, or ceiling, on the under side of the floor; D is the floor; E the iron lathing; IF the plastering, and G- the studs. some adequate building is no the public are Fig. 3 is a section of the iron laths and the plastering, showing the peculiar form of the laths and the manner in which they support the plastering. Fig. 3 is a section of flooring and metallic ceiling for manufactories, etc., in which the letters H represent, respectively, a metallic arch with rib mouldings, and also a metallic arch to support the concrete underneath the flooring ; J thfe joists, and C the flooring. The meQiod of putting on the metallic ceiling is shown in Fig. 4, in which H represents the metaHio ceiling, J the joists, K the firring-off clamp, li the nails which secure both the metallic arch and clamp. The whole system will now become perfectly plain to all who have the least knowledge of building, and we think it must be obvious to every candid reader that neither fire can consume, or rats penetrate, a wall of this construction. The basis of these waUs is wood, but wood so pro- tected from the external heat, that only a fire of such intensity as to convert the timbers into charcoal, could weaken the main structure. Such an effect could scarcely be produced by the burning of anythii^ but large quantities of the most concentrated fuel inclosed in a building for a long period. The term fiie-proof, as applied to buildings, can only be understood to mean proof against the destructive action of fires, such as can occur in and around buildings in the course of the ordinary business of life. From what we can judge of this system we think it promises well, and as the inventor refers to the new City Library building, Cincinnati, Ohio; New Sentinel Building, Indianapolis, Ind.; National State Bank, Lafayette, Ind.; County Prison and Sheriffs Besidence, Lafayette, Ind.; County Prison and Sheriff's Kesidence, Logansport, Ind.; all first-class buildings, fire-proofed on this plan. Its efficacy is evidently believed in by those who are qualified to decide upon its merits. This improved system of constructing fire-proof buildings has^een made the subject of three patents, viz.: January 36th, AprQ 13th, and May 4th, 1869, by Edwin May, of IndiauapoUs, Ind., who should be addressed for further particulars. Of PITTSBURGH, PA. A. CAKNEGIE, President. ANDREW SLOMAN, Gen'l »upt. T. M. CAHlfEGIE, Vtee-JPregident. Sole mantifacturers, under their own patents, of improved ''I." BEAMS, CHANNEL BARS, And of lAn/ville & Piper's PATENT Finished, if desired, itrith C^t Iron. Capitals and Bases of any aroWteotural design. ANGLE IRON, "T." IRON, And all varieties of shapes and sizes. ALL GRADES OF IVIERCHANT IRON. Box AND Plate Gii^ers Made to Ordef^ for^ Fire-Proof Floors, Ftc. PLANS, SPECIFICATIONS, ESTIMATES AND CIRCULARS Qm be obtained on application to Works, in Pittsburgli, or -to our GENERAL WESTERN OFFICE, Room No. 13, Fnllerton Block, 94 Dearborn Street, Chicago, 111. WALTER KATTEf Engineer, «T. P. STIDHAHS €£ CO., 1034 -WASHINGTON AV, PHILADELPHIA, "Rn^xUxH anb J^uilbprs of IRONTRUSS ROOFS, Covered with Corrugated, Galvanized or Painted Iron, kiONTRACTORS FOR ALL KINDS OF METALLIC ROOFINC, ]yLA.N"TJF-A.CTX7IlE3IlS O'B' Gtalvanized Iron Coniiee, Iron Work for Breweries and Malt Houses, inoluding the Wew Patent Perforated Plate, for TriiT» Floors, which has given general satisfaction; also. Heavy Sheet Iron Work of all kinds, and Manufacturers of Patent MetaUic Paint Eegs. J. P. 8TIDHAM. J- J- M'COLLOUGH. D. ITDANIEL. ' I. P. HAHSSIiIi, SiFI^/IHsrOB^IELID, ILL. STAIRS, STAIR RAILING, BALUSTERS AND NEWELL POSTS OF EVERY DESCRIPTION, M:A.r>E BY steam: PO'WEIt. ALSO, TURNING AND SCROLL SAWING OF ALL KINDS, AND MANTJFAOTURER OF BRACKETS AND MOULDINGS, STRAIGHT AND CIRCULAR, &c., It. OFFICE AND FACTORY, SOUTH 4th STREET, Between Sca/rritt and Allen. 3P. O. BO^ S5V. J. B. & W. W. 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The North Western Fire Extinguisher Co., 1 22 Washington St., Chicago. WEIDLING BEOTHEES, No. 197 Washington Street, Boom No. 10, Chicago, 111. First Methodist Church Chicago, 111. St. Francis Church • ^^ ^^ American Beformed Church, ^^ ^^ Scotch Presbyterian Church, ^^ _^ Free Will Baptist Church • ^^ ^^ Martina's Dancing Academy, &c V • ;• ' „ ^ n. Private Art GaUery of Alex. White, Esq Laie Forrest, lU. Loiseua's Hall, Nashville, Tenn. First' Oongiegatioaal Church Galesburg, 111. And many other Public Buildings m the North Western States. First Congregational Church McGregor, Iowa. First National Banl:, Decorah " Masonic Hall, " "" Second Presbyterian Church, Dubuque " " „ " „ " Freeport, HI. Court House of Kendall County, YorkviUe " Presbyterian Church, South Bend, Ind. Methodist Church Abingdon, 111. Wilcoxon's BuUding, , Freeport, " . 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The American edition oi'The Workshop being a simultaneous publication, and not a reprint, the whole series of volumes constitutes a valuable Eepertory of Ornamental Design; and for the benefit of many of its patrons, the publisher has prepared and published in the late numbers, a complete Index with short explanation in English of the back German volumes, which renders them practically English. See terms below. The columns of The Workshop have also been opened to a few select advertisements, and those who wish in this way to address any or all of the industrial interests, will find this a valuable medium having a constantly increasing circulation. ^^AN INVALUABLE WORK FOR ARCHITECTS. .^1 OPINIONS OF THE PRESS. The following are only a few of the numerous cordial endorsements of the Press: " We cordially commend the periodical to workmen and mafiufacturers in every department of Art." — Scientific Ameriecm. 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The designs in tMs work are mainly those . which have been prepared within the past year; many of which have been erected, and others are in the process of erection. The plans and designs of the dwelling houses embody the ideas and wants of families and individuals, in great variety of circumstances. They are drawn on a scale of one inch to eight feet, are sufficiently plain and will be readily understood by alL Particular attention has been given to' the arrangements of the interior of all the designs. The entrances are made ample, halls spacious, stairways easy of ascent, and the conveniencies of closets, pantries and store-rooms have received due attention. One 4to. Volume, handsomely bound in cloth, Price $10. JTJST PTJBLISHED, THE PRACTICAL STAIR-BUILDER, A COMPLETE TREATISE ON THE ART OF BUILDING STAIES AND HAND-RAILS, WITH A MANUAL OF ELEMENTARY DESCRIPTIVE GEOMETRY AND PRACTICAL GEOMETRICAL CONSTRUCTIONS, " DESIGNED FOP. ILLUSTRATED WITH THIRTY ORIGINAL PLATES, By C. 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