Identifier: hobbssarchitectu00hobb (find matches)
Title: Hobbs's architecture: containing designs and ground plans for villas, cottages and other edifices, both suburban and rural, adapted to the United States. With rules for criticism, and introduction
Year: 1876 (1870s)
Authors: Hobbs, Isaac H., and son, Philadelphia
Subjects: Architecture, Domestic
Publisher: Philadelphia, J.B. Lippincott & Co.
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
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ALIAN VILLA. Italian mansion, two stories, and an attic story forservants. The building is intended to be built ofbricks, painted. It has a conservatory, a bay in library,fine porches, first-class accommodations throughout.It can be built for about $8oco. Tin roofs; wellfinished interiorly. First Floor.—A, porch, 8 feet wide: B, main hall,9 feet; C, parlor, 14 feet 6 Inches by 21 feet; D,library, 14 feet 6 inches by 13 feet 6 inches; E, con-servatory ; F, back porch, 6 feet; G, kitchen, 13 feet6 inches by 18 feet; H, dining-room, 25 by 14 feet 6Inches; I, sitting-room, 15 by 17 feet 6 inches; K,side porch. Second Floor,—L, chamber, 14 feet 6 inches by 17feet 6 Inches; M, dressing-room, 9 by 8 feet 6 Inches;N, chamber, 14 feet 6 inches by 15 feet 6 inches; O,chamber, 17 feet 6 inches by 14 feet 6 Inches ; P, hall,9 feet; R, chamber, 20 feet 6 inches by 14 feet 6Inches; S, bath-room ; T, bed-room, 13 feet 6 inchesby 10 feet; U, veranda; V, veranda. (136) DESIGN LVIII. fdalian ^illa.
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h=^ FIRST FLOOR. lO SECOND FLOOR. DESIGN LIX. SUBURBAN RESIDENCE, ITALIAN STYLE. This house was built for Dr. J. K. Lee, ChestnutStreet, West Philadelphia, and is very generally ad-mired. The house is built of brown stone, with roofof tin, and is not less attractive than comfortable. The accommodations provided for, by the plan ofthe principal floor, consist of a fine projecting ve-randa porch, which gives access to the hall, office,drawing-room, dining-room, and stair-hall. Thedining-room and parlor have each a bay-window,decorated with stained glass. The accommodationsfor the culinary department are ample, there beingboth a kitchen and an out-kitchen. There is also aspacious pantry upon this floor. This house was built in 1866, and cost, when com-pleted, between ^6000 and $8000. First Floor—i, reception-hall, 8 by 10 feet; 2,office, 10 by 12 feet; 3, stair-hall, 7 feet; 4, parlor,16 by 22 feet; 5, dining-room, 15 by 20 feet 6 inches ;6, kitchen, 16 by 16 feet 6 inches ; 7, pantry,

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