American Vernacular Design, 1870-1940: An Illustrated GlossaryVan Nostrand Reinhold, 1985 - 270 pages |
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... ARCH CHARACTERISTICS I STORY , 1 OR 2 GABLES FACE STREET , EACH GABLE ON A DIFFERENT PLANE OFTEN HAD : BRICK OR ... arches , ornamental brickwork , and shingled roofs . All this produced a cozy five or six - room house whose façade ...
... ARCH CHARACTERISTICS I STORY , 1 OR 2 GABLES FACE STREET , EACH GABLE ON A DIFFERENT PLANE OFTEN HAD : BRICK OR ... arches , ornamental brickwork , and shingled roofs . All this produced a cozy five or six - room house whose façade ...
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... arch win- dows and a low , wide , arched entrance . Emphasis was on surface texture and the rhythm of the arches or arcades . Other Romanesque elements could include a corner entrance marked by a single thick granite column from which an ...
... arch win- dows and a low , wide , arched entrance . Emphasis was on surface texture and the rhythm of the arches or arcades . Other Romanesque elements could include a corner entrance marked by a single thick granite column from which an ...
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... arch , 160 , 161 hotel , 8 , 9 , 244 Indian influence , 216 industrial buildings , 10 , 11 , 42 , 82 , 86 industrial housing , 184 , 185 inn , 8 interior chimney , 60 , 61 , 178 , 180 , 182 , 184 , 186 , 188 , 192 , 196 , 200 , 206 ...
... arch , 160 , 161 hotel , 8 , 9 , 244 Indian influence , 216 industrial buildings , 10 , 11 , 42 , 82 , 86 industrial housing , 184 , 185 inn , 8 interior chimney , 60 , 61 , 178 , 180 , 182 , 184 , 186 , 188 , 192 , 196 , 200 , 206 ...
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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 PARAPET pattern pediment piers pilasters placement planes porch porch roof PORTE-COCHERE portico prairie projecting rails rowhouse rustic SASH SASH WINDOWS shape shingles side elevations sills SOMETIMES space stack STEEPLE STICKWORK stone stretchers 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