American Vernacular Design, 1870-1940: An Illustrated GlossaryVan Nostrand Reinhold, 1985 - 270 pages |
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Page 178
... wide side toward the street , and has a central hall plan with four rooms to each floor . The center gable was a frame house with clapboard siding , although shingles were later used in gable ends . The fenestration was symmetri- cally ...
... wide side toward the street , and has a central hall plan with four rooms to each floor . The center gable was a frame house with clapboard siding , although shingles were later used in gable ends . The fenestration was symmetri- cally ...
Page 209
... wide body below ; bay or oriel windows that break up the wide wall planes ; and gable ornamentation that includes special windows , stickwork to help relieve or mask the wide gable , and usually more than one dormer . CUTAWAY PORCH ...
... wide body below ; bay or oriel windows that break up the wide wall planes ; and gable ornamentation that includes special windows , stickwork to help relieve or mask the wide gable , and usually more than one dormer . CUTAWAY PORCH ...
Page 252
... wide , and each section can be built as high as two stories . With this kind of configuration , the design consists of large geometric pieces . Even the trim boards are cut to emphasize the geometry : many are wide boards painted a ...
... wide , and each section can be built as high as two stories . With this kind of configuration , the design consists of large geometric pieces . Even the trim boards are cut to emphasize the geometry : many are wide boards painted a ...
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