American Vernacular Design, 1870-1940: An Illustrated GlossaryVan Nostrand Reinhold, 1985 - 270 pages |
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... change in the use of shingles for cladding and roofing , the extensive use of shingles for ornamentation , and a change in design . Millwork and lumber production in Chicago serves as a microcosmic example of the kind of industrial ...
... change in the use of shingles for cladding and roofing , the extensive use of shingles for ornamentation , and a change in design . Millwork and lumber production in Chicago serves as a microcosmic example of the kind of industrial ...
Page 208
... changes in color and materials could be accommodated . These later changes in color and materials helped to layer the gambrel cottage . Clapboard lower stories and shingled upper stories were common . Clapboards contributed horizontal ...
... changes in color and materials could be accommodated . These later changes in color and materials helped to layer the gambrel cottage . Clapboard lower stories and shingled upper stories were common . Clapboards contributed horizontal ...
Page 249
... change basic organization and design until modern mate- rials and design encouraged the change . One modern build- ing was the double - width storefront , which has been labeled the modern broad - front . This building was both a ...
... change basic organization and design until modern mate- rials and design encouraged the change . One modern build- ing was the double - width storefront , which has been labeled the modern broad - front . This building was both a ...
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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 FAĆADE usually vernacular architecture vernacular buildings vernacular design vertical visual wall wide wood