American Vernacular Design, 1870-1940: An Illustrated GlossaryVan Nostrand Reinhold, 1985 - 270 pages |
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Page 213
... ground roof in the centrifugal types . The modes of expression , then , were cen- tral plan / vertical expression or central plan / horizontal ex- pression . In both cases there was considerable tension be- tween the push toward the ...
... ground roof in the centrifugal types . The modes of expression , then , were cen- tral plan / vertical expression or central plan / horizontal ex- pression . In both cases there was considerable tension be- tween the push toward the ...
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... GROUND , GABLE PIERCED WITH RECTANGLE OR ARCHED OPENING , PAIRED OR TRIPLE WINDOWS , DOOR NOT VISIBLE FROM STREET TYPICAL FAÇADE ENGLISH BUNGALOW DURING THE 1920S AND 1930s MANY BUILDERS turned to an alternative bungalow design , the ...
... GROUND , GABLE PIERCED WITH RECTANGLE OR ARCHED OPENING , PAIRED OR TRIPLE WINDOWS , DOOR NOT VISIBLE FROM STREET TYPICAL FAÇADE ENGLISH BUNGALOW DURING THE 1920S AND 1930s MANY BUILDERS turned to an alternative bungalow design , the ...
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... GROUND LEVEL , DORMER ON ROOF TYPICAL FACADE FLAT - 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 ...
... GROUND LEVEL , DORMER ON ROOF TYPICAL FACADE FLAT - 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 ...
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