American Vernacular Design, 1870-1940: An Illustrated GlossaryVan Nostrand Reinhold, 1985 - 270 pages |
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... floor , and roof frames are independently built . For example , each floor is supported by studs that are only one story in height . To provide resist- ance , diagonal braces are often added to the floor , the exter- nal walls , and the ...
... floor , and roof frames are independently built . For example , each floor is supported by studs that are only one story in height . To provide resist- ance , diagonal braces are often added to the floor , the exter- nal walls , and the ...
Page 229
... floor pilasters . The second - floor entablature carries a fascia board around the house . The wide hip roof understates the temple front . The façade is divided into a large panel with two lights on the second story and a five - part ...
... floor pilasters . The second - floor entablature carries a fascia board around the house . The wide hip roof understates the temple front . The façade is divided into a large panel with two lights on the second story and a five - part ...
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... FLOOR PORCH , 2ND - FLOOR BALCONY , 4 COLUMNS , VARIED ORDERS , CENTRAL ENTRANCE TYPICAL FAÇADE FOUR - FAMILY PORTICO - FRONT STYLISTICALLY , THE PORTICO - FRONT WAS THE most deliberately historical of the four - family types . The ...
... FLOOR PORCH , 2ND - FLOOR BALCONY , 4 COLUMNS , VARIED ORDERS , CENTRAL ENTRANCE TYPICAL FAÇADE FOUR - FAMILY PORTICO - FRONT STYLISTICALLY , THE PORTICO - FRONT WAS THE most deliberately historical of the four - family types . The ...
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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