American Vernacular Design, 1870-1940: An Illustrated GlossaryVan Nostrand Reinhold, 1985 - 270 pages |
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... brick - on - edge course with the end of the bricks showing on the face of a wall in vertical position . The sailor is also vertical but has its wide face exposed . The typical use of brick in vernacular design is as a ve- neer of ...
... brick - on - edge course with the end of the bricks showing on the face of a wall in vertical position . The sailor is also vertical but has its wide face exposed . The typical use of brick in vernacular design is as a ve- neer of ...
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... BRICK - FRONT COMMERCIAL : ARCADED BLOCK not. CORBELING BRICK PLASTER CONTINUOUS SILL DOUBLE DOOR CHARACTERISTICS 1-3 STORIES , 3-5 - BAY ORGANIZATION CLADDING : BRICK ROOF : FLAT WITH PARAPET CORNICE : TIN BRACKETS , DENTILS , MOLDINGS ...
... BRICK - FRONT COMMERCIAL : ARCADED BLOCK not. CORBELING BRICK PLASTER CONTINUOUS SILL DOUBLE DOOR CHARACTERISTICS 1-3 STORIES , 3-5 - BAY ORGANIZATION CLADDING : BRICK ROOF : FLAT WITH PARAPET CORNICE : TIN BRACKETS , DENTILS , MOLDINGS ...
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... brick , one material serving as trim for the other , while other buildings were done en- tirely in brick . Brick changed the design somewhat , in that the rough surface was gone , so builders compensated with elaborate ( Queen Anne ) ...
... brick , one material serving as trim for the other , while other buildings were done en- tirely in brick . Brick changed the design somewhat , in that the rough surface was gone , so builders compensated with elaborate ( Queen Anne ) ...
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 FAĆADE usually vernacular architecture vernacular buildings vernacular design vertical visual wall wide wood