American Vernacular Design, 1870-1940: An Illustrated GlossaryVan Nostrand Reinhold, 1985 - 270 pages |
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... Post - and - beam or post - and - lintel construction — the terms are used interchangeably — is one of the oldest building sys- tems known to man . It is a type of framing in which upright supports or posts carry horizontal beams or ...
... Post - and - beam or post - and - lintel construction — the terms are used interchangeably — is one of the oldest building sys- tems known to man . It is a type of framing in which upright supports or posts carry horizontal beams or ...
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... POST 2ND STORY Load - bearing walls are difficult to discern from the outside , with stone being somewhat easier than ... posts or columns organize interior space . POST AND BEAM ( WOOD OR METAL ) SQUARE BUTT FISH - SCALE Most cladding ...
... POST 2ND STORY Load - bearing walls are difficult to discern from the outside , with stone being somewhat easier than ... posts or columns organize interior space . POST AND BEAM ( WOOD OR METAL ) SQUARE BUTT FISH - SCALE Most cladding ...
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... posts , walls , rails , balusters , and lattices . Piers usually have at least two parts : a base such as a pedestal , and a shaft with a capital or bracket that serves as an in- termediary between the shaft and the first member of the ...
... posts , walls , rails , balusters , and lattices . Piers usually have at least two parts : a base such as a pedestal , and a shaft with a capital or bracket that serves as an in- termediary between the shaft and the first member of the ...
Contents
Cladding Materials | 9 |
Roofs | 36 |
Towers Steeples Turrets | 56 |
Copyright | |
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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