American Vernacular Design, 1870-1940: An Illustrated GlossaryVan Nostrand Reinhold, 1985 - 270 pages |
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Page 90
... original structure of colonnettes or pilasters , rectangular windows with rounded tops , and a large , round - headed center window has been reduced to a three - part arrangement without col- umns or an entablature . Only the primary ...
... original structure of colonnettes or pilasters , rectangular windows with rounded tops , and a large , round - headed center window has been reduced to a three - part arrangement without col- umns or an entablature . Only the primary ...
Page 212
... original colonial construction . Since the period was still a part of the Victorian era , interest in ornamenta- tion and vigorous massing was strong . Therefore much of this period was devoted to evolving an original American cottage ...
... original colonial construction . Since the period was still a part of the Victorian era , interest in ornamenta- tion and vigorous massing was strong . Therefore much of this period was devoted to evolving an original American cottage ...
Page 245
... original town site , so that a community was momentarily held together by size , shape , and materials . BRACKETS , WOOD , BRICK , SHEET METAL TYPES- SIMPLE FLAT UNDECORATED , SEMICIRCULAR , TRIANGULAR , STEPPED GABLE WINDOWS ...
... original town site , so that a community was momentarily held together by size , shape , and materials . BRACKETS , WOOD , BRICK , SHEET METAL TYPES- SIMPLE FLAT UNDECORATED , SEMICIRCULAR , TRIANGULAR , STEPPED GABLE WINDOWS ...
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 FAĆADE usually vernacular architecture vernacular buildings vernacular design vertical visual wall wide wood