COTTAGE HOUSES

FOR
VILLAGE AND COUNTRY HOMES.
TOGETHER WITH
Complete Plans and Specifications.

BY
S. B. REED, ARCHITECT.
AUTHOR OF "HOUSE PLANS FOR EVERYBODY," ETC.

WITH OVER ONE HUNDRED ILLUSTRATIONS.

Originally published in New York, 1884, by Orange, Judd & Company.
PDF eBook 2006, Merrymeeting Archives, LLC.
136 e-pages, 15.5MB PDF includes renderings, details and 64 floor plans for 22 designs, including cottages, country houses, farm houses and farm buildings, suburban residence, swiss cottage, double cottage, country houses, a french-roof cottage, summer cottage, etc.

Chapter	Description
DESIGN I. A COTTAGE, COSTING $600.	Low-priced Five-room Dwelling. - Square Outlines. - Economical. - House Easily Warmed. - Roofs Enlivened by Belts of Shingling cut to Patterns. - Ornament more Effective on a Cottage than Mansion. - Good Taste.
DESIGN II. A COTTAGE, COSTING $750.	Comfortable and Neat Dwelling for those who can afford by Small Expenditure. - Interest and Taxes
DESIGN III. A CONVENIENT COTTAGE, COSTING $1,000.	Inexpensive, Comfortable House for an Average Family that shall not Compromise One's Idea of Self-Respect. - Conventional Arrangements. - Many Years' Experience in Designing and Building put to Test.
DESIGN IV. A CONVENIENTCOTTAGE, COSTING $1,000.	Plans Similar to those Immediately Preceding. - With Divisions and General Arrangements Changed. - Adapting it to Locations having an Opposite Approach.
DESIGN V. A COMPLETE COTTAGE, COSTING $1,100.	Economical and Attractive. - Seven-roomed Dwelling. - Adapted to most Parts of this Country.
DESIGN VI. A FARM HOUSE, COSTING $1,200.	Plans based upon a Sketch of a Wisconsin Farm House. - Expensive Stairways Omitted. - Method of Plumbing for Kitchen.
DESIGN VII. A COUNTRY COTTAGE, COSTING $1,500.	Residence of a Small Genteel Family, containing more than the Average Amount of Accommodation for a Dwelling of its Cost.
DESIGN VIII. A COUNTRY HOUSE, COSTING $1,500.	A Substantial Country Dwelling arranged to meet the Requirements of Farmers in Moderate Circumstances - and Give as Much Accomodation and Convenience as can well be done for the Sum named.
DESIGN IX. A COUNTRY COTTAGE, COSTING $1,600.	Especially Adapted to the Middle and Southern States. - Containing Convenient Accommodations for a Family of Moderate Size.
DESIGN X. A SWISS COTTAGE, COSTING $1,600.	Rural Residence. - Several having been Built in this State and Elsewhere. - Undulatory, Wooded, and Picturesque Locations.
DESIGN XI. A COTTAGE FOR THE COUNTRY, COSTING $1,800.	Roomy and Home-like Country Dwelling, with Ample Accomodations for a Family of Average Size - and containing some of the most Essential of Modern Approvements.
DESIGN XII. A HALF STONE HOUSE, COSTING $2,000.	Substantial and Convenient House for Well-to-do Farmers. - Outside Walls of First Story of Stone. - The Ratio of Cost as to Hight of Stone Walls. - Close-clinging Vines for Outside Wall Ornamentation.
DESIGN XIII. A SUBURBAN COTTAGE, COSTING $2,200.	Tasty and Convenient Dwelling. - Adapted to Grounds with at least Fifty Feet of Frontage. - A Desirable Home.
DESIGN XIV. A DOUBLE COTTAGE, COSTING $2,200.	A Cottage Suited for Two Families. - Has Suits of Five Rooms on Separate Floors; also, Separate Cellars, and Grounds. - Size of Lot, Fifty Feet.
DESIGN XV. A HOUSE, COSTING $2,500.	Dwelling with Ten Rooms and Large Veranda Space. - The Conventional Main-hall Stairway Dispensed with. - Vestibule taken from the Veranda.
DESIGN XVI. A FRENCH-ROOF COTTAGE, COSTING $2,500.	An Economical and Convenient Cottage Adapted for a Village Residence. - Three Stories and Cellar. - Twelve Finished Rooms, and Space for Fourteen.
DESIGN XVII. FARM BUILDINGS, COSTING $3,000.	Compact, Convenient, and Economical Farm Buildings. - Desirability and Objections of Connecting Farm Buildings Considered.
DESIGN XVIII. A SUBURBAN RESIDENCE, COSTING $3,500.	A Substantial and Roomy Dwelling Suited to the Wants of Well-to-do Families Residing Out of Town. - The Roofs and Gables Treated in a Simple Manner - to Accord with Refinement.
DESIGN XIX. A RESIDENCE, COSTING $4,000.	Commodious, Convenient Residence, Economically Constructed - with Appliances for Heating, Ventilation, Water, etc. - The Tower a Prominent Feature.
DESIGN XX. A COUNTRY RESIDENCE, COSTING $4,000.	Dwelling Built on Elevated Grounds Overlooking a Large Body of Water. - The Main Halls are Unusually Large, and have Outlooks in all Directions.
DESIGN XXI. A COTTAGE, COSTING $5,000.	Modern Cottage Containing Eleven Rooms, with the usual Halls, Closets, Bath-room and Cellar. - Strong Contrasts in Colors are Applied to Different Parts of the Exterior - and the Windows have Tinted Glass.
DESIGN XXII. A SUMMER COTTAGE, COSTING $200.	An Economical Cottage for an Occasional Summer Residence of a Family of Four Persons. - Suited to almost any Place, either by the Sea, or on the Mountain, where Rest and Recreation are sought.