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Architecture

Public utilities

Construction; Architecture

Those utilities including water supply, sewage, electricity, disposal, gas, telephone, cable, etc. that are available to the public.

Balloon framing

Construction; Architecture

A common type of house framing using a box sill and ribband (if a second floor exist).

Quoin

Construction; Architecture

The stones at the corners of buildings, usually laid so that their faces are alternately large and small.

Baluster

Construction; Architecture

Any of the small posts that make up a railing as in a staircase; may be plain, turned, or pierced.

Rafter

Construction; Architecture

A roof beam sloping from the ridge to the wall. In most houses, rafters are visible from the attic. In styles such as a craftsman bungalows and some "rustic" contemporaries, they are exposed.

Balustrade

Construction; Architecture

The combination of railing held up by balusters.

Return

Construction; Architecture

A wooden member nailed between the rafter-end and the stringer for bed board support.

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