American Vernacular Design, 1870-1940: An Illustrated GlossaryVan Nostrand Reinhold, 1985 - 270 pages |
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... CORNER TOWER ROUND - HEADED WINDOWS BELT COURSE IST - FLOOR ARCADE STONE COLUMN CHARACTERISTICS 2-4 STORIES , CORNER BUILDING CLADDING : BRICK ROOF : FLAT WITH PARAPET CORNER TREATMENTS : TOWER , OFTEN WITH SPIRE OR CANTED CORNER ...
... CORNER TOWER ROUND - HEADED WINDOWS BELT COURSE IST - FLOOR ARCADE STONE COLUMN CHARACTERISTICS 2-4 STORIES , CORNER BUILDING CLADDING : BRICK ROOF : FLAT WITH PARAPET CORNER TREATMENTS : TOWER , OFTEN WITH SPIRE OR CANTED CORNER ...
Page 243
... corner tower , tall chimney stacks , and occasional upper - level oriel window were cottage motifs often associated with Queen Anne de- sign . Broad arches of stone blocks were part of the Roman- esque revival vocabulary , while ...
... corner tower , tall chimney stacks , and occasional upper - level oriel window were cottage motifs often associated with Queen Anne de- sign . Broad arches of stone blocks were part of the Roman- esque revival vocabulary , while ...
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... CORNER ENTRANCE , POLISHED GRANITE COLUMN AT CORNER YER TYPICAL FAÇADE ROMANESQUE . THE ROMANESQUE COMMERCIAL STYLE WAS NOT as widespread as the Italianate . Nor was the style so easily accomplished in vernacular building , since it was ...
... CORNER ENTRANCE , POLISHED GRANITE COLUMN AT CORNER YER TYPICAL FAÇADE ROMANESQUE . THE ROMANESQUE COMMERCIAL STYLE WAS NOT as widespread as the Italianate . Nor was the style so easily accomplished in vernacular building , since it was ...
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