American Vernacular Design, 1870-1940: An Illustrated GlossaryVan Nostrand Reinhold, 1985 - 270 pages |
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... PANELS THAT ADHERE TO metal by fusion became a commercial cladding in the 1920s . Used originally as a paneling for interiors , they became an exterior material during the 1930s . The glasslike surface was easy to clean , withstood wear ...
... PANELS THAT ADHERE TO metal by fusion became a commercial cladding in the 1920s . Used originally as a paneling for interiors , they became an exterior material during the 1930s . The glasslike surface was easy to clean , withstood wear ...
Page 167
... PANELS , OFTEN. NAME PLATE TIN CORNICE DATE PANEL STRING COURSE 1882 Ornamental details on commer- cial fronts are limited to what can be applied to large design elements such as windows , or to what can be used to accent major axes or ...
... PANELS , OFTEN. NAME PLATE TIN CORNICE DATE PANEL STRING COURSE 1882 Ornamental details on commer- cial fronts are limited to what can be applied to large design elements such as windows , or to what can be used to accent major axes or ...
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... panels or 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 ...
... panels or 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 ...
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