American Vernacular Design, 1870-1940: An Illustrated GlossaryVan Nostrand Reinhold, 1985 - 270 pages |
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... called rough- cast , while a surface with embedded pebbles has been called pebble dash . In commercial vernacular buildings , terra cotta panels could accent a plain masonry building or completely sheath and thereby enliven a plain ...
... called rough- cast , while a surface with embedded pebbles has been called pebble dash . In commercial vernacular buildings , terra cotta panels could accent a plain masonry building or completely sheath and thereby enliven a plain ...
Page 80
... called " muntins " and the top , bottom , and side frames were called " rails . " The meeting rail overlaps where the upper and lower window meet ; it is where the window lock is mounted on a double - hung sash window . The casement is ...
... called " muntins " and the top , bottom , and side frames were called " rails . " The meeting rail overlaps where the upper and lower window meet ; it is where the window lock is mounted on a double - hung sash window . The casement is ...
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... called " swell front . " The porch added formality or picturesque qualities to a house that had known modest formal organization and none of the picturesque . The bay window pulled the façade design toward the center - a direc- tion ...
... called " swell front . " The porch added formality or picturesque qualities to a house that had known modest formal organization and none of the picturesque . The bay window pulled the façade design toward the center - a direc- tion ...
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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