American Vernacular Design, 1870-1940: An Illustrated GlossaryVan Nostrand Reinhold, 1985 - 270 pages |
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... given in the handbook . This is because the industrial housing manufacturers , whether selling individual houses or entire towns , designed within the given vernacular tradition . AUDIENCE This handbook was written with several groups ...
... given in the handbook . This is because the industrial housing manufacturers , whether selling individual houses or entire towns , designed within the given vernacular tradition . AUDIENCE This handbook was written with several groups ...
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... the Palladian - and was given returns and boxed cornices . The window below the gable , whether on the full second story or a half story , became a three - part LUNETTE IN DORMER BRIEL PEDIMENTED DORMER 888 1 / 2 178.
... the Palladian - and was given returns and boxed cornices . The window below the gable , whether on the full second story or a half story , became a three - part LUNETTE IN DORMER BRIEL PEDIMENTED DORMER 888 1 / 2 178.
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... given to detail , and organization was kept simple - three bays on the ground level and two or three bays on the second level . The flat or gable roof carried back over the three rooms of each floor . Some houses had a kitchen or pantry ...
... given to detail , and organization was kept simple - three bays on the ground level and two or three bays on the second level . The flat or gable roof carried back over the three rooms of each floor . Some houses had a kitchen or pantry ...
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