American Vernacular Design, 1870-1940: An Illustrated GlossaryVan Nostrand Reinhold, 1985 - 270 pages |
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Page 21
... overall appearance that the continuous and integrated boards give to a building . Clap- board walls look solid , of one piece , which makes the fenestration an important design element , in that it relieves and punctuates the walls ...
... overall appearance that the continuous and integrated boards give to a building . Clap- board walls look solid , of one piece , which makes the fenestration an important design element , in that it relieves and punctuates the walls ...
Page 96
... overall pattern . Visually , such a sill can work like a belt course : it projects from the wall plane , and its finish , size , and material may be different from the wall material . It can also bind all four walls together into ...
... overall pattern . Visually , such a sill can work like a belt course : it projects from the wall plane , and its finish , size , and material may be different from the wall material . It can also bind all four walls together into ...
Page 210
... overall design . An end - wall chimney in brick of stone completed the design . Clapboard was the dominant cladding material , but on the first - floor façade ; brick - veneer and shingle treatments were also popular . CPUARTER - CIRCLE ...
... overall design . An end - wall chimney in brick of stone completed the design . Clapboard was the dominant cladding material , but on the first - floor façade ; brick - veneer and shingle treatments were also popular . CPUARTER - CIRCLE ...
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