American Vernacular Design, 1870-1940: An Illustrated GlossaryVan Nostrand Reinhold, 1985 - 270 pages |
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... timber of Michigan , Wisconsin , and Minnesota . Although timber and finished lumber were transported by water , it was railroad expansion that facilitated the rapid and far - reaching distribution of building materials . In its early ...
... timber of Michigan , Wisconsin , and Minnesota . Although timber and finished lumber were transported by water , it was railroad expansion that facilitated the rapid and far - reaching distribution of building materials . In its early ...
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... timbers with the timber faces exposed on the inside and outside of the walls . Instead , sticks applied to stuccoed walls simulate the timbers . Such wall treatments are found in what are re- ferred to as Tudor or English styles ...
... timbers with the timber faces exposed on the inside and outside of the walls . Instead , sticks applied to stuccoed walls simulate the timbers . Such wall treatments are found in what are re- ferred to as Tudor or English styles ...
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... timber stickwork is always nailed in pattern ; herring- bone and a general rectangular pattern occur a great deal . While gable ends are most susceptible to this kind of treatment , half - timber motifs have been applied to entire ...
... timber stickwork is always nailed in pattern ; herring- bone and a general rectangular pattern occur a great deal . While gable ends are most susceptible to this kind of treatment , half - timber motifs have been applied to entire ...
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