American Vernacular Design, 1870-1940: An Illustrated GlossaryVan Nostrand Reinhold, 1985 - 270 pages |
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Page 22
... placed lengthwise in a course . A header is laid across a wall to bond parts of the wall together , with its end toward the face of the wall . Sold- ier bricks stand on end with an edge to the front . Shiner courses are laid lengthwise ...
... placed lengthwise in a course . A header is laid across a wall to bond parts of the wall together , with its end toward the face of the wall . Sold- ier bricks stand on end with an edge to the front . Shiner courses are laid lengthwise ...
Page 91
... placed in a tower ; to emphasize a portion of a wall , as with a Palladian ; or to provide special light for an interior space with special glass or a grand design . Windows with leaded , bev- eled , or art glass were usually placed so ...
... placed in a tower ; to emphasize a portion of a wall , as with a Palladian ; or to provide special light for an interior space with special glass or a grand design . Windows with leaded , bev- eled , or art glass were usually placed so ...
Page 148
... placed at the sidewalk level or as friezes near the top of a wall , as well as cornices , pilasters , and the like , constituted a fundamental vocabu- lary to be married to an overall shape and to the use of materials to make one store ...
... placed at the sidewalk level or as friezes near the top of a wall , as well as cornices , pilasters , and the like , constituted a fundamental vocabu- lary to be married to an overall shape and to the use of materials to make one store ...
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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 PARAPET 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 FAĆADE usually vernacular architecture vernacular buildings vernacular design vertical visual wall wide wood