American Vernacular Design, 1870-1940: An Illustrated GlossaryVan Nostrand Reinhold, 1985 - 270 pages |
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Page 229
... side elevations , which are long and broken only by a bay window on one side . The house is twice as long as it is wide . The façade illustrated has another interesting cottage fea- ture : it is quite distinctive in that it breaks the ...
... side elevations , which are long and broken only by a bay window on one side . The house is twice as long as it is wide . The façade illustrated has another interesting cottage fea- ture : it is quite distinctive in that it breaks the ...
Page 231
... SIDE ENTRANCEZ TYPICAL FAÇADE END - TO - END DOUBLE HOUSE IN THE END - TO - END DOUBLE HOUSE , THE SHARED or party wall is not readily perceived . Most of these houses did not have identical floor plans , so that they were less dem ...
... SIDE ENTRANCEZ TYPICAL FAÇADE END - TO - END DOUBLE HOUSE IN THE END - TO - END DOUBLE HOUSE , THE SHARED or party wall is not readily perceived . Most of these houses did not have identical floor plans , so that they were less dem ...
Page 234
... SIDE BAYS OFTEN HAD : CLAPBOARD CLADDING , FLAT ROOF OVERHANGING CORNICE , REAR PORCHES , HORIZONTAL DIVISION OF WALLS SOMETIMES HAD : GABLE ROOF , OPEN PORCHES ON FRONT TYPICAL FACADE TRIPLE DECKER THE TRIPLE DECKER , A UNIQUE ...
... SIDE BAYS OFTEN HAD : CLAPBOARD CLADDING , FLAT ROOF OVERHANGING CORNICE , REAR PORCHES , HORIZONTAL DIVISION OF WALLS SOMETIMES HAD : GABLE ROOF , OPEN PORCHES ON FRONT TYPICAL FACADE TRIPLE DECKER THE TRIPLE DECKER , A UNIQUE ...
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