Appletons Cyclopdia of Technical Drawing Embracing the Principles of Constr
Appletons Cyclopdia of Technical Drawing Embracing the Principles of Constr
Firm Appleton
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Fig. 1179 is a plan of one of the best of these designs. It provides for 83 514 ARCHITECTURAL DRAWING. ARCHITECTURAL DRAWING. 515 four families on each story, although it will be observed by the plan of the stairs that the front and rear tenements are not on the same flat ; they are separated by the half flight of stairs. By means of the cross-shaped court be- PLAN. FIG. 1180. tween the adjacent houses, every room, including the bath-room, has a window to the open air. This is the most commenda...ble feature of the plan. It is 516 ARCHITECTURAL DRAWING. remarkable, also, however, for providing more conveniences than have been customary in dwellings of this class, as, for instance, a small bath-tub as well as a water-closet for each family, and two wash-tubs as well as a sink ; also, a dumb-waiter (common to two families) for bringing up fuel, provisions, etc. The large rooms have recesses for beds, which provide for an extra bedroom, while detracting but little from their value as parlors, as the recess may be cur- tained off in the daytime, or the bed turned up.
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