American Vernacular Design, 1870-1940: An Illustrated GlossaryVan Nostrand Reinhold, 1985 - 270 pages |
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... included all materials and finish goods , and pack- aged houses were shipped by rail to the station closest to the buyer . Such activity was not new . People in Maine remember stories about houses being built , then taken apart ...
... included all materials and finish goods , and pack- aged houses were shipped by rail to the station closest to the buyer . Such activity was not new . People in Maine remember stories about houses being built , then taken apart ...
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... included buildings constructed in the stick style , the Eastlake style , and the Queen Anne ( and its deriv- ative , the Princess Anne ) , while the central plan / horizontal expression type included the shingle style and the late West ...
... included buildings constructed in the stick style , the Eastlake style , and the Queen Anne ( and its deriv- ative , the Princess Anne ) , while the central plan / horizontal expression type included the shingle style and the late West ...
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... included plantings . Fenestration was symmetrical , with both bays and pavil- ions adding more windows and light than usual to the façade . Roof composition included flat roofs with a parapet or gable , and clipped gable roofs on ...
... included plantings . Fenestration was symmetrical , with both bays and pavil- ions adding more windows and light than usual to the façade . Roof composition included flat roofs with a parapet or gable , and clipped gable roofs on ...
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