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ID: 300259226
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/aat/300259226

 

Record Type: concept
foursquare houses (<houses by form: massing or shape>, <houses by form>, ... Built Environment (hierarchy name))

 

Note: Houses generally characterized by a simple, two-story cubical block with a hipped roof, four roughly equal-sized rooms on each floor, and a symmetrical facade; often also having a one-story front porch and one or more dormers; popular in the United States from the 1890s to the early 1930s.
 
Terms:
foursquare houses (preferred,C,U,English-P,D,U,PN)
foursquare houses (Dutch-P,D,U,U)
foursquare house (C,U,English,AD,U,SN)
foursquare house (Spanish,UF,U,SN)
American foursquares (C,U,English,UF,U,N)
American Foursquares (C,U,English,UF,U,N)
boxes, Prairie (C,U,English,UF,U,N)
cornbelt cubes (C,U,English,UF,U,N)
cubes, cornbelt (C,U,English,UF,U,N)
four-square houses (C,U,English,UF,U,N)
four square houses (C,U,English,UF,U,N)
foursquares, American (C,U,English,UF,U,N)
houses, four-square (C,U,English,UF,U,N)
houses, four square (C,U,English,UF,U,N)
houses, foursquare (C,U,English,UF,U,N)
houses, Prairie square (C,U,English,UF,U,N)
Prairie Boxes (C,U,English,UF,U,N)
Prairie boxes (C,U,English,UF,U,N)
Prairie square houses (C,U,English,UF,U,N)
pyramids, two-story (C,U,English,UF,U,N)
square houses, Prairie (C,U,English,UF,U,N)
two-story pyramids (C,U,English,UF,U,N)
四方屋 (C,U,Chinese (traditional)-P,D,U,U)
sì fāng wū (C,U,Chinese (transliterated Hanyu Pinyin)-P,UF,U,U)
si fang wu (C,U,Chinese (transliterated Pinyin without tones)-P,UF,U,U)
ssu fang wu (C,U,Chinese (transliterated Wade-Giles)-P,UF,U,U)
maison de modèle foursquare (C,U,French-P,AD,U,FSN)
casas tipo Prairie (C,U,Spanish-P,D,U,PN)
casa tipo Prairie (C,U,Spanish,AD,U,SN)

Facet/Hierarchy Code:  V.RK

Hierarchical Position:

Hierarchy of Objects Facet
Objects Facet
Hierarchy of Built Environment (hierarchy name)
.... Built Environment (hierarchy name) (G)
Hierarchy of Single Built Works (hierarchy name)
........ Single Built Works (hierarchy name) (G)
Hierarchy of single built works (built environment)
............ single built works (built environment) (G)
Hierarchy of <single built works by specific type>
................ <single built works by specific type> (G)
Hierarchy of <single built works by function>
.................... <single built works by function> (G)
Hierarchy of residential structures
........................ residential structures (G)
Hierarchy of dwellings
............................ dwellings (G)
Hierarchy of houses
................................ houses (G)
Hierarchy of <houses by form>
.................................... <houses by form> (G)
Hierarchy of <houses by form: massing or shape>
........................................ <houses by form: massing or shape> (G)
Hierarchy of foursquare houses
............................................ foursquare houses (G)

Additional Notes:
Chinese (traditional) ..... 樓高兩層,以簡約立方體架構與四坡屋頂為主要特色的屋舍;其內部每層樓具有四個面積大致相當的房間,正面外觀呈左右對稱狀,並且大多設有一層樓高之前門門廊及一個或數個天窗;此屋舍於西元1890年代到1930年代早期間流行於美國。 
Dutch ..... Te gebruiken voor huizen die zich in het algemeen kenmerken door een eenvoudig kubusvormig blok van twee woonlagen met een schilddak, vier ongeveer even grote kamers per verdieping en een symmetrische façade; vaak ook met een veranda op één verdieping aan de voorzijde en een of meer dakkapellen; populair in de Verenigde Staten van de jaren 90 van de 19de eeuw tot de vroege jaren 30 van de 20ste eeuw. 
Spanish ..... Casa caracterizada generalmente por tener un simple bloque cúbico de dos plantas con un tejado en onda, cuatro habitaciones de tamaño aproximadamente igual en cada piso, y una fachada simétrica. Con frecuencia, también tiene un porche frontal de una planta y una o más buhardillas. Fue popular en los Estados Unidos desde la década de 1890 hasta principios de la década de 1930. 

Sources and Contributors:
四方屋............  [AS-Academia Sinica Preferred]
...........  AS-Academia Sinica data (2014-)
American foursquares............  [VP]
...................................  Eckert, Buildings of Michigan (1993) GLOS
...................................  McAllister and McAllister, Field Guide to American Houses (1984) 439
American Foursquares............  [VP]
...................................  Getty Vocabulary Program rules
boxes, Prairie............  [VP]
.............................  Getty Vocabulary Program rules
casas tipo Prairie............  [CDBP-SNPC Preferred, VP]
...................................  TAA database (2000-)
casa tipo Prairie............  [CDBP-SNPC, VP]
................................  TAA database (2000-)
cornbelt cubes............  [VP]
.............................  Noble, Wood, Brick and Stone (1984) illustration, Vol. 1, 125
cubes, cornbelt............  [VP]
.............................  Getty Vocabulary Program rules
foursquare house............  [AASLH Preferred, CDBP-SNPC, CHIN / RCIP Preferred, VP]
.............................  AASLH data (2016-)
.............................  CHIN / RCIP translation (2016-)
.............................  Getty Vocabulary Program rules
.............................  Nomenclature database (2018-) http://nomenclature.info/nom/760; scheme: Nomenclature-Objects
.............................  Nomenclature for Museum Cataloging / Nomenclature pour le catalogage translation project (2016-) 760
.............................  TAA database (2000-)
foursquare houses............  [RKD, AAT-Ned Preferred, VP Preferred]
................................  AAT-Ned (1994-)
................................  Eckert, Buildings of Michigan (1993) GLOS
................................  Nomenclature 3.0 for Museum Cataloging (2010)
four-square houses............  [VP]
...................................  McAllister and McAllister, Field Guide to American Houses (1984) IND
...................................  Noble, Wood, Brick and Stone (1984) Vol. 1, 125
four square houses............  [VP]
...................................  Perspectives in Vernacular Architecture (1982-) illustration, Vol. 1, 51
foursquares, American............  [VP]
......................................  Getty Vocabulary Program rules
houses, four-square............  [VP]
...................................  Getty Vocabulary Program rules
houses, four square............  [VP]
...................................  Getty Vocabulary Program rules
houses, foursquare............  [VP]
...................................  Getty Vocabulary Program rules
houses, Prairie square............  [VP]
.........................................  Getty Vocabulary Program rules
maison de modèle foursquare............  [AASLH, CHIN / RCIP]
...............................................  AASLH data (2016-)
...............................................  CHIN / RCIP translation (2016-)
...............................................  Nomenclature database (2018-) http://nomenclature.info/nom/760; scheme: Nomenclature-Objects
...............................................  Nomenclature for Museum Cataloging / Nomenclature pour le catalogage translation project (2016-) 760
Prairie Boxes............  [VP]
..........................  Eckert, Buildings of Michigan (1993) GLOS
..........................  McAllister and McAllister, Field Guide to American Houses (1984) 439
Prairie boxes............  [VP]
..........................  Getty Vocabulary Program rules
Prairie square houses............  [VP]
......................................  Noble, Wood, Brick and Stone (1984) Vol. 1, 125
pyramids, two-story............  [VP]
...................................  Getty Vocabulary Program rules
sì fāng wū............  [AS-Academia Sinica]
.......................  AS-Academia Sinica data (2014-)
si fang wu............  [AS-Academia Sinica]
.......................  AS-Academia Sinica data (2014-)
square houses, Prairie............  [VP]
.........................................  Getty Vocabulary Program rules
ssu fang wu............  [AS-Academia Sinica]
.......................  AS-Academia Sinica data (2014-)
two-story pyramids............  [VP]
...................................  Noble, Wood, Brick and Stone (1984) Vol. 1, 125
 
Subject: .....  [AASLH, AS-Academia Sinica, CDBP-SNPC, CHIN / RCIP, RKD, AAT-Ned, VP]
............  AASLH data (2016-)
............  AAT-Ned (1994-)
............  CHIN / RCIP translation (2016-)
............  Contributed as a candidate term AVERY - 11/95; foursquares
............  Nomenclature database (2018-) http://nomenclature.info/nom/760; scheme: Nomenclature-Objects
............  Nomenclature for Museum Cataloging / Nomenclature pour le catalogage translation project (2016-)
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
.......... Legacy AAT data
Chinese (traditional) .......... [AS-Academia Sinica]
.......... AS-Academia Sinica data (2014-)
Dutch .......... [RKD, AAT-Ned]
.......... AAT-Ned (1994-)
Spanish .......... [CDBP-SNPC]
.......... TAA database (2000-)

 

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