American Vernacular Design, 1870-1940: An Illustrated GlossaryVan Nostrand Reinhold, 1985 - 270 pages |
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... STREET , DORMER DOMINATES ROOF OFTEN RETURNS OR PENT CHIMNEY : INTERIOR BRICK DORMER : | LARGE CENTER GABLE DORMER , WINDOW TREATMENT IN DORMER 212 STORT TYPICAL FAÇADE CENTER - GABLE COTTAGE THE CENTER - GABLE COTTAGE HAS A LONG ...
... STREET , DORMER DOMINATES ROOF OFTEN RETURNS OR PENT CHIMNEY : INTERIOR BRICK DORMER : | LARGE CENTER GABLE DORMER , WINDOW TREATMENT IN DORMER 212 STORT TYPICAL FAÇADE CENTER - GABLE COTTAGE THE CENTER - GABLE COTTAGE HAS A LONG ...
Page 208
... street , some houses were built having a single gambrel with its ridge parallel to the street . In traditional façades the porch and entrance system are of two kinds : cutaway porches cut out from one side or across the width of the ...
... street , some houses were built having a single gambrel with its ridge parallel to the street . In traditional façades the porch and entrance system are of two kinds : cutaway porches cut out from one side or across the width of the ...
Page 224
... street , covering the two front rooms , and the second roof perpendicular to the street , covering the remaining rooms . Whatever the motif , the façade had an entrance ped- iment . In some cases the porch was small and served the en ...
... street , covering the two front rooms , and the second roof perpendicular to the street , covering the remaining rooms . Whatever the motif , the façade had an entrance ped- iment . In some cases the porch was small and served the en ...
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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