[Above] is a perspective view, and [following] are plans of a "A Swiss Ornee" Frame Dwelling, built for the Rev. F. F. Ellinwood, at Orange, N. J. Its location is near the Valley Station of the Morris & Essex R. R., on a fine westerly slope opposite the Orange mountain range, and in the immediate vicinity of extensive suburban improvements projected and carried on by the energy an enterprise of a resident of Orange, J. S. Otis.

The external details of the dwelling, though not clearly indicated in the view, are quite ornate in character, and as a whole add largely to the embellishments and improvements of the neighborhood.

The dwelling contains fourteen rooms.

The main building is 17 x 36 feet with a dormer lean-to, 9 feet 6 inches wide, which covers the study and a part of the hall. The extension on the opposite side is 16 x 18 feet. The tower, which is a prominent and useful feature, is 12 x 12 and 44 feet high, and located to cover a portion of the hall and command an extensive view of the Orange mountain, "Llewellyn Park," and portions of the upper and lower valley. The stories are respectively 10, 9, and 8 feet. The stories of the tower are 9 feet high each, above the first, which is 10 feet.

REFERENCES.
H, Hall, 11x19 feet
P, Parlor, 16x17 feet
D. R, Dining Room, 13x16 feet
K, Kitchen, 12x14 feet
P, Pantry, 5x9 feet
C, Store Closet, 3½x5 feet
C, C, C, C, Sleeping Rooms, 13x15, 11x11, 9x13, and 12x14 feet respectively.
B. R, Bath Room, 8x9 feet
C. R, Children's Room, 12x15 feet
C. L, Large Closet, 5½x12 feet

ATTIC.
The attic contains three rooms, about 10 x 12 feet, and a tower-loft, 10 x 10 feet.

 

ATWOOD'S
COUNTRY AND SUBURBAN
HOUSES.

ILLUSTRATED WITH ABOUT 150 ENGRAVINGS.

BY
DANIEL T. ATWOOD,
ARCHITECT.

Originally published in New York, 1871, by Orange, Judd & Company.
eBook PDF, 2004, Merrymeeting Archives, LLC. 11.7MB, 82 pages.
This title is listed in Bicknell's 1879 Specimen Book.

Plans, renderings and details for 33 designs, including semi-Swiss ornee dwelling, workingman's cottage, symmetrical cottage, sea side cottage, Italian villa, small suburban stable, a farm barn, mechanic's cottage, country church, double cottage in rural Gothic style, country gentleman's stable, bowling alley, suburban dwelling of stone, etc.

Chapter.	Description.
PICTURESQUE STONE COTTAGE Design One	Location: "Highwood Park," Tenafly Station, on the line of the Northern New Jersey Rail Road, and situate on the western Palisade slope. Illustrations, description, and floor plans.
HALF-Timbered COTTAGE Design Two	Location: Boiling Spring, New Jersey. Illustrations, description, and floor plans.
A WORKINGMAN'S COTTAGE Design Three	Illustration, description, and floor plan.
SEMI-SWISS ORNEE DWELLING Design Four	Built for Rev. F. F. Ellinwood at Orange, New Jersey, near the Valley Station of the Morris & Essex R. R. Illustration, description, and floor plans.
CLEMATIS COTTAGE Design Five	Remodeled for Jacob Hays, Esq., at Inwood, New York on the Hudson. Illustration, description, and floor plans.
A SYMMETRICAL COTTAGE Design Six	Illustration, description, and floor plans.
A SMALL VILLA OF BROWN STONE Design Seven	Built for J. S. Otis of Orange, New Jersey. Illustrations, description, and floor plans.
A SEA SIDE COTTAGE Design Eight	Location: Bayside, Staten Island for C. E. Robbins, Esq., at Eltingville. Illustration, description, and floor plans.
A SUBURBAN STABLE Design Nine	Illustrations, description, and floor plans.
A COUNTRY CHURCH Design Ten	Illustration, description, and floor plan.
A COUNTRY CHURCH Design Eleven	Location: Carmel, Putnam County, New York. Illustrations, description, and floor plans.
A COUNTRY CHURCH Design Twelve	Location: Presbyterian Parish Church, at Goshen, Orange County, New York. Illustrations, description, floor plans, and detail specifications.
A FARM BARN Design Thirteen	Illustration, description, and floor plan.
A COUNTRY GENTLEMAN'S STABLE Design Fourteen	Designed for D. D. Chamberlain, Croton Falls, N. Y. Illustrations, description, and floor plan.
SMALL SUBURBAN STABLE Design Fifteen	Designed for D. D. Chamberlain, Croton Falls, N. Y., also for C. E. Parker, Rutherford Park, N. J. description, and floor plan.
SMALL SUBURBAN STABLE Design Sixteen	Illustration, description, and floor plan.
BOWLING ALLEY Design Seventeen	Designed for D. D. Chamberlain, Croton Falls, N. Y. Illustration, description, and floor plan.
STONE DWELLING HOUSE Design Eighteen	Location: Staten Island for Chas. E. Robins, Esq. Illustrations, description, floor plans, detail specifications and carpenter work.
A DOUBLE COTTAGE IN THE RURAL GOTHIC STYLE Design Nineteen	Illustration, description, and floor plans.
ITALIAN COTTAGE Design Twenty	Illustration, description, and floor plan.
ITALIAN VILLA Design Twenty-one	Illustration, description, and floor plans.
MELROSE COTTAGES Design Twenty-two	Designed for P. McHugh, Esq. Illustrations, description, and floor plans.
A PICTURESQUE VILLA Design Twenty-three	Designed for Mr. Tooker, of Orange, New Jersey. Illustration, description, and floor plan.
A DOUBLE SUMMER RESIDENCE, OF BRICK, BAY SHORE, S.I Design Twenty-four	Location: On the Bay Shore, Staten Island, New York. Designed for Mr. Coville. Illustration, description, and floor plans.
A COUNTRY HOUSE Design Twenty-five	Illustrations, description, and floor plans.
A SINGLE SUMMER RESIDENCE OF BRICK, BAY SHORE, S.I Design Twenty-six	Designed for Mr. Coville. Illustration, description, and floor plan.
A MECHANIC'S COTTAGE Design Twenty-seven	Illustration, description, and floor plans.
A COUNTRY HOUSE Design Twenty-eight	Illustration, description, and floor plan.
BRONXVILLE HOUSE Design Twenty-nine	Designed for Francis Bacon, Esq. Illustration, description, and floor plans.
A COUNTRY HOUSE Design Thirty	Designed for Mr. Cole, Sneeden's Landing, on the Hudson. Illustration, description, and floor plan.
MR. J. H. POST'S VILLA Design Thirty-one	Designed for erection at Glastenbury, Conn. Illustration, description, and floor plan.
A SUBURBAN DWELLING OF STONE Design Thirty-two	Illustration, description, and floor plan.
LABORER'S COTTAGE Design Thirty-three	Illustration, description, and floor plan.