American Vernacular Design, 1870-1940: An Illustrated GlossaryVan Nostrand Reinhold, 1985 - 270 pages |
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Page 13
... serves as a landmark . Station design consists of a ser- ies of bays meant to hold goods or people , with one bay serving as an office . Both frame and masonry construction are common . Build- ings tend to be long and low , run- ning ...
... serves as a landmark . Station design consists of a ser- ies of bays meant to hold goods or people , with one bay serving as an office . Both frame and masonry construction are common . Build- ings tend to be long and low , run- ning ...
Page 59
... serve as a special punctuation mark , the last comment on a style - for ex- ample , a lantern with small paned windows on a building with colon- ial motifs . Or they may serve as a final statement in an assortment of stylistic gestures ...
... serve as a special punctuation mark , the last comment on a style - for ex- ample , a lantern with small paned windows on a building with colon- ial motifs . Or they may serve as a final statement in an assortment of stylistic gestures ...
Page 108
... serves as intermediary space between the exterior and the interior . Most nineteenth - century vernacular houses with vestibules included them within the volume of the house . In a number of twentieth - century designs - especially ...
... serves as intermediary space between the exterior and the interior . Most nineteenth - century vernacular houses with vestibules included them within the volume of the house . In a number of twentieth - century designs - especially ...
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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