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Identifier: villascottages00vaux (find matches)
Title: Villas and cottages
Year: 1874 (1870s)
Authors: Vaux, Calvert, 1824-1895
Subjects: Architecture, Domestic
Publisher: New York, Harper & brothers
Contributing Library: Getty Research Institute
Digitizing Sponsor: Getty Research Institute

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BASEMENT I>LAN. PLAN OF PEINCIPAL FL002.
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VILLAS AND COTTAGES. 193 DESIGN No. 13. A WOODEN VILLA WITH TOWER, AND WITHOUT ATTICS. This design was prepared and executed for Mr. C.H. Rogers, at Ravenswood, Long Island, and as itis built on a situation which commands a good viewof the East River, more or less intercepted from thelower stories by buildings and trees, it was thoughtdesirable to arrange some point of view from the up-per part of the house which should admit of thewhole extent of prospect being conveniently seen. Atower three stories high, finished above with an octag-onal observatory, easily accessible from below, has,therefore, been included in the design, as will be seenon the sketch. By this plan an interesting view isobtained, clear of the roofs in every direction. Theobservatory was made of an octagonal form, with aprojecting balcony round it, so as to reduce its per-

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  • bookyear:1874
  • bookdecade:1870
  • bookcentury:1800
  • bookauthor:Vaux__Calvert__1824_1895
  • booksubject:Architecture__Domestic
  • bookpublisher:New_York__Harper___brothers
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  • bookleafnumber:197
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  • bookcollection:americana
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