Praise is lavished on "traditional six pane over single pane sash windows", arched brick lintels, slate rooftops and the use of "traditional materials".
But the school must reconstruct the facades of the houses as they appeared in the 19th century, using bricks, lintels, cornices and other materials salvaged from them.
Usually two stories high with a pair of dormers projecting from a peaked roof, the house is typically brick, with flat lintels bearing panel-type decoration above the window and main door; it often has a side doorway over a low stoop.
The front facade is limestone with ample cornices; the rear is brick with stone lintels similar to the original design.
The farmhouse has six fireplaces, with those on the first floor are made of cut granite blocks also with granite hearthstones and the second floor are made of brick with granite lintels with brick hearths.
Four unreinforced masonry specimens arranged with different masonry material (bricks and stones) and lintel supports (wooden lintel, masonry arch) were considered.
The structure is not a designated landmark, but Mr. Soffes intends to preserve architectural details like the brick on the facades, lintels and cornices.
He produced one of New York's most Bostonian buildings, a chubby three-story box of limestone and red brick with Federal-style lintels and the Harvard emblem on the top story.
The exterior of the abode is of mellow red brick with white stone lintels, and over portions of it climbs English ivy.
Originally built in 1903 as the Standish Arms Hotel, the celebrated building (which also played a role in Arthur Miller's "Death of a Salesman") is distinguished by a magnificent F.S. Lowe-designed façade of terra-cotta lintels, formal brick, bay windows, and a limestone base.
