American Vernacular Design, 1870-1940: An Illustrated GlossaryVan Nostrand Reinhold, 1985 - 270 pages |
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Page 208
... stories and shingled upper stories were common . Clapboards contributed horizontal lines in the design . The cornice line and belt or string courses be- tween floors also pulled the house away from the compac- tion implied by the roof ...
... stories and shingled upper stories were common . Clapboards contributed horizontal lines in the design . The cornice line and belt or string courses be- tween floors also pulled the house away from the compac- tion implied by the roof ...
Page 239
... stories in business districts throughout the country . CHARACTERISTICS 2-3 STORIES OFTEN HAD : BRICK CORBELING BRICK PLASTER CONTINUOUS SILL DOUBLE DOOR CHARACTERISTICS 1-3 STORIES SHEET METAL.
... stories in business districts throughout the country . CHARACTERISTICS 2-3 STORIES OFTEN HAD : BRICK CORBELING BRICK PLASTER CONTINUOUS SILL DOUBLE DOOR CHARACTERISTICS 1-3 STORIES SHEET METAL.
Page 244
... STORIES , 2 - OR 3 - BAY ORGANIZATION , WOOD FRAME CLADDING : CLAPBOARD , SOMETIMES BRICK OR BOARD AND BATTEN ROOF ... story storefront is the most common of extant vernacular commercial buildings . This kind of build- ing was used for ...
... STORIES , 2 - OR 3 - BAY ORGANIZATION , WOOD FRAME CLADDING : CLAPBOARD , SOMETIMES BRICK OR BOARD AND BATTEN ROOF ... story storefront is the most common of extant vernacular commercial buildings . This kind of build- ing was used for ...
Contents
Cladding Materials | 15 |
Roofs | 36 |
Towers Steeples Turrets | 56 |
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accent arcades arches ASHLAR bay window block boards brackets brick BUILDING TYPES built bungalow CHARACTERISTICS 2 STORIES CLADDING MATERIALS CLAPBOARD CLIPPED GABLE colonial color columns commercial buildings CORBELING corner CORNERBOARDS cornice COTTAGE WINDOW decorative DENTILS design elements door DORMER eaves END-WALL CHIMNEY entablature entrance FACADE FLARED FLAT floor frame FRIEZE front gable roof GABLED COTTAGE GAMBREL HEADER HIP ROOF HIPPED COTTAGE historic horizontal house types included interior light lintels mansard masonry ments millwork moldings motifs muntins organization ornament overall PAIRED PALLADIAN WINDOW PANEL AND GLASS PARAPET pattern pediment piers pilasters placement planes porch porch roof porte-cochere portico prairie projecting rails rowhouse rustic SASH SASH WINDOWS shape shingles sills SOMETIMES space stack STEEPLE STICKWORK stone structure stucco style SYMMETRICAL FENESTRATION tent roof terra cotta texture tion tower TRANSOM treatments TYPICAL FAÇADE usually vernacular architecture vernacular buildings vernacular design vertical visual wall wide wood