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While gable ends are most susceptible to this kind of treatment , half - timber
motifs have been applied to entire elevations . The stucco work under the boards
is also part of the design ; the stucco may have a special color , and the finish of
the ...
While gable ends are most susceptible to this kind of treatment , half - timber
motifs have been applied to entire elevations . The stucco work under the boards
is also part of the design ; the stucco may have a special color , and the finish of
the ...
Page 233
The bay window pulled the façade design toward the center - a direction with
which it had not experimented before . The porch broadened the façade and
pulled the interior back slightly from the street . To understand an entire
rowhouse ...
The bay window pulled the façade design toward the center - a direction with
which it had not experimented before . The porch broadened the façade and
pulled the interior back slightly from the street . To understand an entire
rowhouse ...
Page 237
The roof forms were either flat across the entire structure , or had a gable parallel
to the street with corner pediments on the front section and a flat roof on the
remainder . Floor plans in the villas were similar to the other types — four - or five
...
The roof forms were either flat across the entire structure , or had a gable parallel
to the street with corner pediments on the front section and a flat roof on the
remainder . Floor plans in the villas were similar to the other types — four - or five
...
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| Title | American Vernacular Design, 1870-1940: An Illustrated Glossary And History |
| Authors | Herbert Gottfried, Jan Jennings |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1985 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 12 Nov 2007 |
| ISBN | 0442227396, 9780442227395 |
| Length | 270 pages |
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