American Vernacular Design, 1870-1940: An Illustrated GlossaryVan Nostrand Reinhold, 1985 - 270 pages |
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... necessary equipment from a major retailer such as Sears Roebuck and mold blocks with any face he desired in his own back yard . Pre- cast , hollow , or solid block was also used in residential and commercial construction , with brick ...
... necessary equipment from a major retailer such as Sears Roebuck and mold blocks with any face he desired in his own back yard . Pre- cast , hollow , or solid block was also used in residential and commercial construction , with brick ...
Page 191
... necessary : a second - story overhang that invoked the eighteenth - century New England house with an overhang and pendants . The house illustrated also carries wall dormers that curiously suggest the gables of New England vernacular ...
... necessary : a second - story overhang that invoked the eighteenth - century New England house with an overhang and pendants . The house illustrated also carries wall dormers that curiously suggest the gables of New England vernacular ...
Page 248
... necessary . This kind of enterprise was a grouping of stores that offered a wide var- iety of goods and services . The stores were usually physi- cally connected , so that utilities and façade treatments could be integrated . The major ...
... necessary . This kind of enterprise was a grouping of stores that offered a wide var- iety of goods and services . The stores were usually physi- cally connected , so that utilities and façade treatments could be integrated . The major ...
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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