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Gutters or eave troughs catch rain water and melting snow and convey them via
downspouts to the ground , where water is discharged away from the building at
ground level or into drainpipes connected to storm sewers . Gutters are hung in ...
Gutters or eave troughs catch rain water and melting snow and convey them via
downspouts to the ground , where water is discharged away from the building at
ground level or into drainpipes connected to storm sewers . Gutters are hung in ...
Page 226
... DIFFERENT PLANE OFTEN HAD : BRICK OR STUCCO CLADDING STEEPLY
PITCHED INTERSECTING GABLES , CLIPPED GABLE OR HIPPED ROOF
GABLE CARRIED TO GROUND GABLE PERLED WITH RELTANGLE OR
ARCHED ...
... DIFFERENT PLANE OFTEN HAD : BRICK OR STUCCO CLADDING STEEPLY
PITCHED INTERSECTING GABLES , CLIPPED GABLE OR HIPPED ROOF
GABLE CARRIED TO GROUND GABLE PERLED WITH RELTANGLE OR
ARCHED ...
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Little attention was given to detail , and organization was kept simple — three
bays on the ground level and two or three bays on the second level . The flat or
gable roof carried back over the three rooms of each floor . Some houses had a ...
Little attention was given to detail , and organization was kept simple — three
bays on the ground level and two or three bays on the second level . The flat or
gable roof carried back over the three rooms of each floor . Some houses had a ...
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| Title | American Vernacular Design, 1870-1940: An Illustrated Glossary And History |
| Authors | Herbert Gottfried, Jan Jennings |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1985 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 12 Nov 2007 |
| ISBN | 0442227396, 9780442227395 |
| Length | 270 pages |
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