American Vernacular Design, 1870-1940: An Illustrated GlossaryVan Nostrand Reinhold, 1985 - 270 pages |
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... thicknesses , coupled with railroad development , ex- panded the housing industry in all parts of the country . Not only was the distribution system altered from one in which jobbers and other middlemen added handling fees to the costs ...
... thicknesses , coupled with railroad development , ex- panded the housing industry in all parts of the country . Not only was the distribution system altered from one in which jobbers and other middlemen added handling fees to the costs ...
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... thickness of as many as four or six bricks is possible . In some commercial or public buildings , walls may be thicker on the first story than at upper levels . Post - and - beam or post - and - lintel construction — the terms are used ...
... thickness of as many as four or six bricks is possible . In some commercial or public buildings , walls may be thicker on the first story than at upper levels . Post - and - beam or post - and - lintel construction — the terms are used ...
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