American Vernacular Design, 1870-1940: An Illustrated GlossaryVan Nostrand Reinhold, 1985 - 270 pages |
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Page 232
... FRONT ROWHOUSE THE FLAT - FRONT ROWHOUSE IS THE OLDER OF THE two types in this section , predating the Civil War . After the war it was both an Italianate and a more generally classical house . Little attention was given to detail , and ...
... FRONT ROWHOUSE THE FLAT - FRONT ROWHOUSE IS THE OLDER OF THE two types in this section , predating the Civil War . After the war it was both an Italianate and a more generally classical house . Little attention was given to detail , and ...
Page 244
... FRONT 1 / WINDOW 888 CHARACTERISTICS 1-2 STORIES , 2 - OR 3 - BAY ORGANIZATION , WOOD FRAME CLADDING : CLAPBOARD , SOMETIMES BRICK OR BOARD AND BATTEN ROOF : GABLE COVERS MAIN BUILDING , FRONT DOES NOT CONFORM TO ROOF SHAPE TYPICAL ...
... FRONT 1 / WINDOW 888 CHARACTERISTICS 1-2 STORIES , 2 - OR 3 - BAY ORGANIZATION , WOOD FRAME CLADDING : CLAPBOARD , SOMETIMES BRICK OR BOARD AND BATTEN ROOF : GABLE COVERS MAIN BUILDING , FRONT DOES NOT CONFORM TO ROOF SHAPE TYPICAL ...
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... front stores were used like brick- fronts , the upper level providing living space for the owner . In design the gable - front was a simple , direct , unadorned building with an assortment of windows - modest display windows on the ...
... front stores were used like brick- fronts , the upper level providing living space for the owner . In design the gable - front was a simple , direct , unadorned building with an assortment of windows - modest display windows on the ...
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