American Vernacular Design, 1870-1940: An Illustrated GlossaryVan Nostrand Reinhold, 1985 - 270 pages |
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... produced structural , cladding , and finish materials that were assembled into prototypical vernacular buildings . Vernacular buildings are broken down into their component parts in the first section and reassembled into cohesive and ...
... produced structural , cladding , and finish materials that were assembled into prototypical vernacular buildings . Vernacular buildings are broken down into their component parts in the first section and reassembled into cohesive and ...
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... produced or distributed building materials - such were the vernacular links among American social groups and cultures . HISTORICAL BACKGROUND The period 1870-1940 saw great development in manufactured building materials . Whereas some ...
... produced or distributed building materials - such were the vernacular links among American social groups and cultures . HISTORICAL BACKGROUND The period 1870-1940 saw great development in manufactured building materials . Whereas some ...
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... produced pieces that were compatible with their entire line of stock work . To ensure proper fit and proper relationships among all pieces , builders often ordered all millwork from the same mill . The production of woodwork in standard ...
... produced pieces that were compatible with their entire line of stock work . To ensure proper fit and proper relationships among all pieces , builders often ordered all millwork from the same mill . The production of woodwork in standard ...
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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