American Vernacular Design, 1870-1940: An Illustrated GlossaryVan Nostrand Reinhold, 1985 - 270 pages |
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... edges ; it is laid on the horizontal with the edge of each board overlapped to prevent rain or other moisture from passing through the walls . Beaded siding is a form of beveled siding , like clapboard , that features a bead on the lower ...
... edges ; it is laid on the horizontal with the edge of each board overlapped to prevent rain or other moisture from passing through the walls . Beaded siding is a form of beveled siding , like clapboard , that features a bead on the lower ...
Page 53
... edges . Ridge ornamentation , whether cresting or a special ridge cap , out- lines the ridge and adds linear qualities to the roof . Some treat- ments crown the building , while others are part of an extensive sys- tem of edge ...
... edges . Ridge ornamentation , whether cresting or a special ridge cap , out- lines the ridge and adds linear qualities to the roof . Some treat- ments crown the building , while others are part of an extensive sys- tem of edge ...
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... edges or terra cotta panels or copings around the edges . The broad - front was a linear building . Thin lines bound it together , and it sat lightly on its site . It moved away from the dual - purpose nineteenth- century store , in ...
... edges or terra cotta panels or copings around the edges . The broad - front was a linear building . Thin lines bound it together , and it sat lightly on its site . It moved away from the dual - purpose nineteenth- century store , in ...
Contents
Cladding Materials | 15 |
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 INTERSECTING GABLE 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 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 FAĆADE usually vernacular architecture vernacular buildings vernacular design vertical visual wall wide wood