American Vernacular Design, 1870-1940: An Illustrated GlossaryVan Nostrand Reinhold, 1985 - 270 pages |
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Page 157
... angles from the main frame . In commercial buildings such as the corner business block , the canted wall often became the prin- cipal entrance . A CANT CANTED WALLS PILASTERS ARCADE ( OPEN ) Pilasters are ornamental in most 157.
... angles from the main frame . In commercial buildings such as the corner business block , the canted wall often became the prin- cipal entrance . A CANT CANTED WALLS PILASTERS ARCADE ( OPEN ) Pilasters are ornamental in most 157.
Page 159
... PILASTERS ARCADE ( OPEN ) Pilasters are ornamental in most vernacular design . They are used with an order of architecture or as generic upright elements . In some twentieth - century styles , terra cotta pilasters are laid on walls in ...
... PILASTERS ARCADE ( OPEN ) Pilasters are ornamental in most vernacular design . They are used with an order of architecture or as generic upright elements . In some twentieth - century styles , terra cotta pilasters are laid on walls in ...
Page 238
... PILASTERS SOMETIMES : ENTRANCE OFF - CENTER OR RECESSED TYPICAL BAÇADE IRON - FRONT THE IRON - FRONT STORE WAS BUILT IN ALL GEO- graphical areas , the technology needed to produce iron ar- chitectural materials being almost as ...
... PILASTERS SOMETIMES : ENTRANCE OFF - CENTER OR RECESSED TYPICAL BAÇADE IRON - FRONT THE IRON - FRONT STORE WAS BUILT IN ALL GEO- graphical areas , the technology needed to produce iron ar- chitectural materials being almost as ...
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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