American Vernacular Design, 1870-1940: An Illustrated GlossaryVan Nostrand Reinhold, 1985 - 270 pages |
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... built as single - family residences ; they were built on open homestead land , on narrow railroad lots , on boulevards and crowded city streets . They were built individually as speculation houses or as commissions ; in groups as small ...
... built as single - family residences ; they were built on open homestead land , on narrow railroad lots , on boulevards and crowded city streets . They were built individually as speculation houses or as commissions ; in groups as small ...
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... built as a specula- tion house throughout residential areas of cities , as a dis- tinctive suburban house , as a double house , and as a rural house . It stands alone and is rarely built in rows on the same block . In design , the ...
... built as a specula- tion house throughout residential areas of cities , as a dis- tinctive suburban house , as a double house , and as a rural house . It stands alone and is rarely built in rows on the same block . In design , the ...
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... built from 1895 to 1915- its first development period - the bungalow was known as the California bungalow . Because of the nature of the design and the kind of living which that design suggested , it was appropriate for this form to ...
... built from 1895 to 1915- its first development period - the bungalow was known as the California bungalow . Because of the nature of the design and the kind of living which that design suggested , it was appropriate for this form to ...
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