| Overview |
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| Style |
Material |
Orientations of structure |
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| Refined |
Wood or
brick or
stone |
Horizontal |
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| Key features |
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Flat roof, no decorative detailing, sometimes gables.
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| Architectural Features |
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| Entrance Door |
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| Shutters |
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| Garage Door |
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| Style Summary |
This style is known for its simplicity and general lack of
ornamentation. Building materials (notably stone, brick, and
wood) are used expressively for their own beauty. This style
also can express the structural components through the
building materials. Many architects also incorporated glass
extensively throughout the façade.
Excerpted from A Field Guide to American Houses, Virginia and
Lee McAlester, Alfred Knopf, New York, © 2000. |
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