American Vernacular Design, 1870-1940: An Illustrated GlossaryVan Nostrand Reinhold, 1985 - 270 pages |
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An Illustrated Glossary Herbert Gottfried, Jan Jennings. ENTRANCES : PEDIMENTS PEDIMENTS ARE ONE OF THE PERIPHERAL ELE- ments ... pediment may be repeated to establish a rhythm on the façade or another important elevation . The triangular ...
An Illustrated Glossary Herbert Gottfried, Jan Jennings. ENTRANCES : PEDIMENTS PEDIMENTS ARE ONE OF THE PERIPHERAL ELE- ments ... pediment may be repeated to establish a rhythm on the façade or another important elevation . The triangular ...
Page 224
... pediment marking the entrance . Pediments were triangular or curvilin- ear . Pergolas were also used as a porch covering , and the pediment and pergola were joined . Occasionally the pergola would extend beyond the porch to become a ...
... pediment marking the entrance . Pediments were triangular or curvilin- ear . Pergolas were also used as a porch covering , and the pediment and pergola were joined . Occasionally the pergola would extend beyond the porch to become a ...
Page 241
... PEDIMENT DISPLAY WINDOWS WITH TRANSOMS , SOMETIMES ROUND - HEADED WINDOWS , SOMETIMES CANTED ORIELS ON 2ND FLOOR , SEGMENTAL LINTELS AND PEDIMENTS COMMON , CONTINUOUS LINTELS AND SILLS ENTRANCE : RECESSED , SINGLE OR DOUBLE PANEL AND ...
... PEDIMENT DISPLAY WINDOWS WITH TRANSOMS , SOMETIMES ROUND - HEADED WINDOWS , SOMETIMES CANTED ORIELS ON 2ND FLOOR , SEGMENTAL LINTELS AND PEDIMENTS COMMON , CONTINUOUS LINTELS AND SILLS ENTRANCE : RECESSED , SINGLE OR DOUBLE PANEL AND ...
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