Emphasis
On Eaves
by Gordon F. Tully
In the first of these two articles on
eave and rake details, the emphasis
was on using historical prototypes as
a guide. I noted that the choice of
which eave detail to copy depends on
the overall style of the house. This
month I will suggest another
approach, based on 19th- and 20thcentury
experiments with roof forms
and details.
There is so much stylistic variety in
the last 200 years of American
houses that literal copying seems silly.
A better approach is to retrace the
thought processes that created these
styles, and apply them to our own
problems. We may in the process
recapture the spirit of the originals,
and we are certain to