Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1883-05-30

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6OxSO, constructed of Mallet's Bay stone
with Isle La Motto marble trimmings. 1t
is also expected that DR.. Williams will
give, in addition, $4,000 for an endow-
ment.
| In travelling throughout the length and
breadth of this great and glorious Repub-
lie, one cannot help being struck with the
evidences of the great and rapid strides
that have been made in style of building
the past or 5 years and are now being
made in our domestic architecture. Every.
where may be seen the most decided adj
vance in building town and country
houses on new and improved plans, con.
veniences and artistic ideas being intro
duced that 10 years ago would never
have been dreamed of. and which is
approaching direct contrast with the
hideous structures which for the most
part have been monuments of the want Of
architectural beauty in our villages. which
has hiehy arisen on account OF rapidity
with which new towns spring up in this
country, but this box style of building will
soon be crowded out by improved and
better work taking its place. This marked
Improvement is in a measure due to the
fact that we'll know firm of architects,
PalIiser, Palliser & Co., of Bridgeport,
Conn, are doing valuable service in fire.
quent publication of copiously illustrated
works on building and architecture, which
are not moderate in price but in accord.
ance with a constantly improving, popu-
lar artistic taste, and the new and origi-
nal work on every description of modern
architectural detail entitled Palliser's
Useful Details, published at SO, perhaps
meets the most extensive and actual
demand for practical designs than any
work ever issued on the subject of build
ing, as builder remote from a city, and
who perforce of his situation, is his own
architect, needs just such " description of
American constructive detail, of a good
character, in large and endless variety of
such features as must be wrought into the
small houses, stables, shops, ETC., lin whose
construction nine-tenths of the mechanics
and large proportion of the architects of
this country find occupation. useful
Details" they are properly called, and
consist of forty plates--size of each 20x26
inches. Each plate is engraved and
printed as facsimile of original drawing,
without reduction, therefore just the
same as if drawn by hand for placing
in the hands of the mechanic for execution.
They are given at very large scale,
none being smaller than 4 inch to foot,
and many larger, and up to half full size:
in fact they are so plain that every
mechanic and apprentice can readily
understand them. That they are practi-
cal designs is evident, all the drawings
having been built from many of them
duplicated several times over-Palliser's
Useful Details are published for the
benefit of the builder, mechanic, and all
people interested in the Building Arts.
They embrace variety of constitutional
working drawings for all classes of work
I-exterior and interior pertaining to the
erection of buildings every of description,
and such as never before published. The
designs area free adoption OF the so 80 call
ed Queen Anne and other new and popular
styles. Each plate is worth the price charg
ed for the whole to any one requiring any
ideas for the new artistic and useful, be it
ever so little If you wish to build fence,
mantclpiece, bookcase or any special
features for outside or inside work, as
gable finish, a porch. veranda, cornices,
bay window, or to finish up a dining-room
or hall in any special style or manner,
here are tho ideas that will give the key
| to enable one to work out his problems,
| and Furthermore it has been the aim of
the authors to fully prove to the mechanic
that these new styles of interior contrac-
ton and ornamentation, when properly
| understood, are no more expensive or
difficult to execute than the ordinary
| iig-sawed, gingerbread, box-ike work
that have had their day; to prove to the
masses that the false ideas OF ornamental
ton without constitutional qualifications
are as vulgar TO the true mechanic as
brass compared with gold to the gold
smith; to help those who are seeking to
help themselves and to promote higher
artistic feeling in connection with the
everyday work of the mechanic and to do
the same without any more cost than if the
old ruts were followed.
Among the details given are for brick
and stone work, water tables, stills, belt
courses, steps, window and door openings,
cornices, chimneys, panels, and other
miscellaneous brick and stone work,
including terra Gotta work of large
variety. For exterior wood work framing,
giving plans, elevations and sections of
same; water tables; belts, gables, and
brackets, balconies, verandas, porches,
door and window frames, towers, cupolas,
ventiators, roofs, store fronts, steps and
buttresses, balustrades for all kinds of
balcony and veranda finish, wood fences
in such style and variety never before
dreamed of, but all very practical and
elegant in their simplicity, barge boards,
rafter feet and cornice in endless variety !;
overhanging projections; combinations of
brick, stone and wood finish adapted to
modern work, crossings finals, front and
outside doors, conservatores, plant cabi.
nets, drive porches, finish for barns, out
| houses, well houses, summer houses,
grape arbor, and other details too numer-
GUS TO mention. For interior work will
be found different styles of finish for
every part, and which includes doors of
almost every kind and finish, window
finish, castings and architraves, base
boards, side tables, hall stands, bookcases,
tables, chairs, benches, pews and seats for
churches, stands, drawers, wardrobes-all
easy practical designs, such as the master
mechanic can readily execute. Staircases,
newels, rails, ballusters, mantel pieces,
picture moulding, wood and plaster cor.
nices, center pieces, brackets, beam and
arch finish, wooden ceilings. wood finish
for side walls, inlaid floors, bank counters,
desk and office fittings, grocery. dry goods
and drug store fittings. Also n new, full
and comprehensive method of stair build
ing and hand railing, prepared expressly
for this work. The easiest and simplest
yet devised, having few lines and compli.