American Vernacular Design, 1870-1940: An Illustrated GlossaryVan Nostrand Reinhold, 1985 - 270 pages |
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... STORY HIGH ) PARALLEL CORNICES LOW PITCHED PORCH Book CHARACTERISTICS 2 STORIES CLADDING : CLAPBOARD , BRICK ROOF : SHINGLES , SOMETIMES CRESTING TYPICAL FAÇADE MANSARD COTTAGE THROUGHOUT 1870-80 THE COTTAGE WITH A MAN- sard roof was ...
... STORY HIGH ) PARALLEL CORNICES LOW PITCHED PORCH Book CHARACTERISTICS 2 STORIES CLADDING : CLAPBOARD , BRICK ROOF : SHINGLES , SOMETIMES CRESTING TYPICAL FAÇADE MANSARD COTTAGE THROUGHOUT 1870-80 THE COTTAGE WITH A MAN- sard roof was ...
Page 208
... stories and shingled upper stories were common . Clapboards contributed horizontal lines in the design . The cornice line and belt or string courses be- tween floors also pulled the house away from the compac- tion implied by the roof ...
... stories and shingled upper stories were common . Clapboards contributed horizontal lines in the design . The cornice line and belt or string courses be- tween floors also pulled the house away from the compac- tion implied by the roof ...
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... STORY PORCH BB BB WINDOWS IN ATTIC 2 - STORY BAY UNITS DIVIDED HORIZONTALLY CHARACTERISTICS UNITS SEPARATED ... stories , and the cornice that closed the gable . The windows were placed at the same dis- tance from the floor and ...
... STORY PORCH BB BB WINDOWS IN ATTIC 2 - STORY BAY UNITS DIVIDED HORIZONTALLY CHARACTERISTICS UNITS SEPARATED ... stories , and the cornice that closed the gable . The windows were placed at the same dis- tance from the floor and ...
Contents
Cladding Materials | 9 |
Roofs | 36 |
Towers Steeples Turrets | 56 |
Copyright | |
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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