American Vernacular Design, 1870-1940: An Illustrated GlossaryVan Nostrand Reinhold, 1985 - 270 pages |
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... included all materials and finish goods , and pack- aged houses were shipped by rail to the station closest to the buyer . Such activity was not new . People in Maine remember stories about houses being built , then taken apart ...
... included all materials and finish goods , and pack- aged houses were shipped by rail to the station closest to the buyer . Such activity was not new . People in Maine remember stories about houses being built , then taken apart ...
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... included a symmetrical two- or three - bay front that might truncate to two windows at the roof level . The house was two or three stories in height and usually had a side- hall plan . Cladding was brick or clapboard . The unusual shape ...
... included a symmetrical two- or three - bay front that might truncate to two windows at the roof level . The house was two or three stories in height and usually had a side- hall plan . Cladding was brick or clapboard . The unusual shape ...
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... included buildings constructed in the stick style , the Eastlake style , and the Queen Anne ( and its deriv- ative , the Princess Anne ) , while the central plan / horizontal expression type included the shingle style and the late West ...
... included buildings constructed in the stick style , the Eastlake style , and the Queen Anne ( and its deriv- ative , the Princess Anne ) , while the central plan / horizontal expression type included the shingle style and the late West ...
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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