A $4,200 DWELLING.
We give a perspective view and plans of a neat dwelling, the general dimensions of which are as follows:
Front, 29 ft. 6 in., exclusive of bay window; side, 48 ft. 9 in., not including piazza.
Cellar, 7 ft.; first story, 9 ft. 6 in.; second story, 9 ft.; attic, 8 ft. See floor plans for dimensions of rooms.
Materials.—Foundation, brick; first and second stories, clapboards; gables, cut shingles; roof, slate.
Cost.—Four thousand two hundred dollars, including furnace and mantels.
A $4,200 DWELLING.
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First Floor Plan.
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Second Floor Plan.
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Fireplaces are provided in the dining room, parlor, and one bed room. The attic has two bed rooms, front room, and hall. Cellar under the whole house.
Prof. Thomas, of Little Rock, has a curious library. The covers of the books are of wood, each a different specimen. They are made from white oak, red oak, black oak, chestnut, American beech, birch, red cedar, yellow pine, pitch pine, willow, poplar, cypress, “old field” or long‐leaved pine, bois d’arc, black walnut, hickory (several varieties), white and red maple, box elder, black locust, black sumac, water locust, coffee bean, wild plum, holly, basswood, papaw, bay, umbrella, wild cherry, sweet gum, elm (several varieties), sycamore, witch hazel, butternut, pecan, hickory, and twenty or more other woods.