American Vernacular Design, 1870-1940: An Illustrated GlossaryVan Nostrand Reinhold, 1985 - 270 pages |
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... Popular / Commercial Arts ( Bowling Green , OH : Bowling Green State University , Popular Press , 1981 ) , pp . 395-456 . 7. Vincent J. Scully , Jr. , The Shingle Style and the Stick Style , rev . ed . ( New Haven : Yale University ...
... Popular / Commercial Arts ( Bowling Green , OH : Bowling Green State University , Popular Press , 1981 ) , pp . 395-456 . 7. Vincent J. Scully , Jr. , The Shingle Style and the Stick Style , rev . ed . ( New Haven : Yale University ...
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... popular : plain or flat , and sectional . The latter was used more frequently than the former , perhaps because it produces ridges and val- leys , usually semicircular in section , so that one unit covers the joints between tiles of ...
... popular : plain or flat , and sectional . The latter was used more frequently than the former , perhaps because it produces ridges and val- leys , usually semicircular in section , so that one unit covers the joints between tiles of ...
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... popular during 1900-1940 and was referred to as Dutch colonial . The shape of the building was strongly dictated by the shape of the roof , which in the Dutch- Flemish tradition frequently had flared eaves . In many models the flare was ...
... popular during 1900-1940 and was referred to as Dutch colonial . The shape of the building was strongly dictated by the shape of the roof , which in the Dutch- Flemish tradition frequently had flared eaves . In many models the flare was ...
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