| 1850s
- 1940s
| Enframed Window Wall
| 1-3 stories
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This
type is visually unified
by enframing the large center section of buildings with a wide and often
continuous border. One-story enframed window walls from the early 20th century
have large glazed areas for display of merchandise. When banks use this style,
the openness is absent. Unlike the two-part commercial block, little or no
separation exists between the retail floor at the street level and the upper
floors housing offices or storage rooms.
Most Enframed Window Wall structures
have these features:
1-3 stories
one story enframed windows
little or no separation between retail and upper levels
wide continuous border around center section
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Type
| 1850
| 1860
| 1870
| 1880
| 1890
| 1900
| 1910
| 1920
| 1930
| 1940
| 1950
| Feature
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One-Part
Commercial
Block
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| Retail stores
in small towns.
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Created by Heather Slick. June 6, 1997.
