American Vernacular Design, 1870-1940: An Illustrated GlossaryVan Nostrand Reinhold, 1985 - 270 pages |
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... kind of stone is used in specialty walls to take advantage of its shapes . Coursed rubble consists of broken pieces of masonry that may be roughly dressed but are still built up in courses . As is often the case in river rock , spaces ...
... kind of stone is used in specialty walls to take advantage of its shapes . Coursed rubble consists of broken pieces of masonry that may be roughly dressed but are still built up in courses . As is often the case in river rock , spaces ...
Page 146
... kind of geometrical drawing on a vertical plane , showing the external upright parts of a building . With time , the term came to refer to the sides and back portions of a structure . A bay is the space or division of a wall within a ...
... kind of geometrical drawing on a vertical plane , showing the external upright parts of a building . With time , the term came to refer to the sides and back portions of a structure . A bay is the space or division of a wall within a ...
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... kind of secondary business district . It was located within walking distance or within mass transit connections of a neighborhood or on the boundary between two neigh- borhoods where access by car was necessary . This kind of enterprise ...
... kind of secondary business district . It was located within walking distance or within mass transit connections of a neighborhood or on the boundary between two neigh- borhoods where access by car was necessary . This kind of enterprise ...
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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