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A Cottage For $1,460

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Parent Issue
Day
6
Month
February
Year
1890
Copyright
Public Domain
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The house here flgured was built at Stratford, Conn., f rom designs by Pallisser & Pallisser, architects, of New York, for $1,400. Attcntion is especially called to its compact arrangement. There is a cellar #ider the whole house, a well has been put down In the cellar, there is acistem and the attic Is spacious. There is butonechimney,which s so placed that it can be used from all the rooms on the first floor. The windows in the hall and staircase are filled entirely with ornamental and stained Rlass, as are also those in the attic; the other windows in the house have the lower sash glazed in two lights of ordinary glass, while the upper sash has a white light in the center and sniall coloree! lights on each side. The interior is fiuished in a very pleasing yet economical manner ; the easüigs of doors and Windows are trimmed with a back mold, though they are not mitered at the angles as is usually done, but a square block, ornamented with sunk work to be picked out in color, is placed in the corner, and the molding cut square against it. Each chamber is supplied with a good closet. This Cottage is paiuted Venetian red, tiimmed with Indian red, the chamfers, cut and sunk work being picked out in black, making it very effective and showing the detail boldly.

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Subjects
Old News
Ann Arbor Register