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Estimating Frame And Brick Houses

Inside Finish

The Hall,

The plan of the main floors shows a reception hall with a paneled screen, newel, rail and balusters, projecting from the side wall 5 feet into the room. Against this, with the front toward the entrance door, is a seat, abutting the wall at one end and the newel at the other.

Beyond this screen rise two steps and a platform, from which the main stairs spring, as shown in the detailed drawing, Fig. 12. The stair is of the dog-legged type, and turns square to the left, after a lift of eight risers from the first platform, the top flight having a lift of five risers.

Altogether there are four newels, and the balusters are square with turned balls between them. The rail is straight and heavy, with a ramp running into the newel cap, as shown in Fig. II. The strings are closed, paneled and molded, and the whole stairs are built of hard wood, cherry, birch or ash, and finished in hard finish. The lower newels are turned at the top, carved and molded, and are 5 inches square at the base.