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Buckman Hall Character-Defining Features
SCALE
  • 3-1/2 Stories
  • 39′ top of parapet eave
  • 51′ top of ridge
MASSING
  • Rectangular (I-shape)
  • Projecting angled bays
  • 292 feet long
ROOF
  • Gable
  • Crenellated parapet
ENTRANCES
  • Individual entrances facing courtyard
  • Cast stone ornament at door surrounds
WINDOWS
  • 6 over 6 lights
  • Double Hung, wood
  • Paired or tripled
  • Wide center sash and narrower side sash
MATERIALS
  • Brick is Common Bond with course 6 alternating header/stretcher
  • 6th course is Flemish Bond
ORNAMENTATION
  • Water table – half round with bulging torus
  • Sculpture – anguished scholar
  • Cast cap at top of bay window
  • Cast sills
INTERIOR FEATURES
BUILDING-SITE RELATIONSHIP
  • Forms one wing defining a rectangular courtyard
  • The proportion of clear space in the courtyards between the buildings is at least twice the ground to parapet height