Colonial Saltbox, wood frame, printed architectural house plans, traditional

Description

Kearny Cottage - 1784
Building name: Kearny Cottage
Designer/Architect: Unknown
Date of construction: around 1784
Location: Perth Amboy, New Jersey
Style: Colonial, Saltbox
Additional Information: Drawings prepared in 1940, Historic American Building Survey
Number of sheets: 11 sheets measuring 18”x24”
Sheet List
Cover sheet, information, Site Plan
First Floor Plan, 1/4”=1’-0”
Second Floor Plan, 1/4”=1’-0”
4 sheets of Elevations, 1/4”=1’-0”
Section, 1/4”=1’-0”
3 sheets of Details, various scales
This listing is for prints on 20# bond paper. It is for architectural drawings only. Any photos shown in the description are informational only and not included in this package. To purchase an emailed PDF file go
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HISTORY: The saltbox, a colonial classic, with its rustic, asymmetric charm embodies country living up and down the eastern seaboard. Captain Lawrence Kearny, born in this house, wrote of it in a letter in 1842, “I may establish proper rules and regulations for the better government of the old cottage next Spring… on my hoisting my broad penant upon the old pear tree … and there I shall conclude my long career of sea service.” And so he did, retiring from the US Navy, raising his 3 sons, with his wife Josephine.
As a work of art these prints are worth purchasing in their own right. For those of you interested in building a historically inspired house, these plans offer an excellent starting point. The first floor offers 4 comfortably large rooms, any one of which could serve as a kitchen. The second floor offers 2 large rooms towards the front and 2 smaller rooms lit by dormers. One of these could serve as a bathroom. Although ideal for a flat site, these plans would also work on a low sloping one. This house would be comfortable in a small town or country setting. Including porches, the main house has outside dimensions of approximately 31’x40’.
Please visit my other listings for many other drawings I am offering. I have house plans in wide variety of styles including Colonial, Craftsman, and Prairie, as well as plans of architects such as Frank Lloyd Wright, Irving Gill, Purcell & Elmslie and others.
SHIPPING: Your drawings are shipped to you, rolled, not folded, in a Priority Mail tube. This eBay listing includes architectural prints ONLY. Any photos shown in the description are for information only and are NOT included in your purchase. For information about the photos please send me a message through eBay. Thanks.
IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO BUILD: These plans are not complete architectural drawings as might be required by your local permitting agency and do not contain all the structural, waterproofing and other details and information necessary for construction. But your local builder or architect should be able to adapt these drawings and add to them as necessary. What they do provide is accurate design information about a REAL Colonial house, not a pseudo-colonial tract house as you will find in the house plan magazines on your supermarket shelf.
INTERNATIONAL BUYERS PLEASE NOTE: Orders shipped to addresses outside the USA may be subject to customs duties at their destination. The buyer is responsible for any such duties.
The original drawings from which these dimensionally accurate scans were made are kept at the Historic American Building Survey, in the Library of Congress.
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