American Vernacular Design, 1870-1940: An Illustrated GlossaryVan Nostrand Reinhold, 1985 - 270 pages |
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... elevation , help break the plain effect of a large wall . Ornamentation on glass or metal panel walls consists of ... elevations into rectangular units and to add con- trasting color to the hard mirror finish . SKER BROT 1882 WALLS ...
... elevation , help break the plain effect of a large wall . Ornamentation on glass or metal panel walls consists of ... elevations into rectangular units and to add con- trasting color to the hard mirror finish . SKER BROT 1882 WALLS ...
Page 195
... elevations . The hipped cottage often served as an anchor for the de- velopment of neighborhoods . It was both ... ELEVATION PORCH : EXTENDS ACROSS ENTIRE FAÇADE , OPEN RAIL WITH VERTICAL BALUSTERS COLUMNS : DORIC OR IONIC ENTRANCE ...
... elevations . The hipped cottage often served as an anchor for the de- velopment of neighborhoods . It was both ... ELEVATION PORCH : EXTENDS ACROSS ENTIRE FAÇADE , OPEN RAIL WITH VERTICAL BALUSTERS COLUMNS : DORIC OR IONIC ENTRANCE ...
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... elevations were less formal and more allied with traditional cottage arrangements , so that this building never lost ... elevation . The circular shape is rarely a semicircle , but it is deep enough to serve as a bay window that may ...
... elevations were less formal and more allied with traditional cottage arrangements , so that this building never lost ... elevation . The circular shape is rarely a semicircle , but it is deep enough to serve as a bay window that may ...
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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 metal 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 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