American Vernacular Design, 1870-1940: An Illustrated GlossaryVan Nostrand Reinhold, 1985 - 270 pages |
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... CHARACTERISTICS I STORY AND A PARTIAL 2ND STORY FOR BEDROOMS , SUN PORCH , SLEEPING PORCH , BUNGALOW CHARACTERISTICS , BROAD HORIZONTAL LINES OFTEN HAD : LOW PITCHED GABLE ROOFS , OVERHANGING EAVES , GREAT PROPORTION OF WINDOWS TO WALL ...
... CHARACTERISTICS I STORY AND A PARTIAL 2ND STORY FOR BEDROOMS , SUN PORCH , SLEEPING PORCH , BUNGALOW CHARACTERISTICS , BROAD HORIZONTAL LINES OFTEN HAD : LOW PITCHED GABLE ROOFS , OVERHANGING EAVES , GREAT PROPORTION OF WINDOWS TO WALL ...
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... characteristics of the suburban type , in that the façade is classical and access to the second floor is through a side - hall stair . The organization of the façade also relies on the kind of classical design vocabulary used in ...
... characteristics of the suburban type , in that the façade is classical and access to the second floor is through a side - hall stair . The organization of the façade also relies on the kind of classical design vocabulary used in ...
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... CHARACTERISTICS 1-2 STORIES , FRONT AND SIDE ENTRANCES OPTEN HAD : BRICK OR CLAPBOARD SIDING INTERSECTING GABLE , GAMBREL OR LOW HIP ROOF SMALL ENTRY PORCH ON STREET SIDE , PORCH ON SIDE , SYMMETRICAL FENESTRATION , DORMERS BRICK ...
... CHARACTERISTICS 1-2 STORIES , FRONT AND SIDE ENTRANCES OPTEN HAD : BRICK OR CLAPBOARD SIDING INTERSECTING GABLE , GAMBREL OR LOW HIP ROOF SMALL ENTRY PORCH ON STREET SIDE , PORCH ON SIDE , SYMMETRICAL FENESTRATION , DORMERS BRICK ...
Contents
Cladding Materials | 9 |
Roofs | 36 |
Towers Steeples Turrets | 56 |
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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 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 PANEL AND GLASS pattern pediment piers pilasters placement planes porch PORCH ROOF porte-cochere portico prairie projecting Queen Anne rails rowhouse rustic SASH SASH WINDOWS shape shingles side elevations sills SOMETIMES space stack STEEPLE STICKWORK stone 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