American Vernacular Design, 1870-1940: An Illustrated GlossaryVan Nostrand Reinhold, 1985 - 270 pages |
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... FRONT , IST - 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 ...
... FRONT , IST - 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 ...
Page 247
... front stores were used like brick- fronts , the upper level providing living space for the owner . In design the gable - front was a simple , direct , unadorned building with an assortment of windows - modest display windows on the ...
... front stores were used like brick- fronts , the upper level providing living space for the owner . In design the gable - front was a simple , direct , unadorned building with an assortment of windows - modest display windows on the ...
Page 249
... front . This building was both a neighbor- hood and a central business district building , although in the business districts it was frequently built on a side street . The broad - front embraced two stores or one wide store within one ...
... front . This building was both a neighbor- hood and a central business district building , although in the business districts it was frequently built on a side street . The broad - front embraced two stores or one wide store within one ...
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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