Stoop ... describe(s) the high entrance steps that almost give the old New York houses the appearance of small castles.
STOOP The uncovered wide step leading into the front or main door of a building.
Stoop - The steps which lead to the front door.
Stucco - A coating for exterior walls made from Portland cement, lime, sand, and water.
Surround - The ornamental frame of a door or window.
Stoop
A small platform with steps leading up to it at the entrance of a building.
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stoop
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STOOP
Platform or landing of a portico.
STRINGCOURSE
Masonry or wood band along a wall or around a column or chimney.
stoop - the landing and stairs, covered or uncovered, leading to the main entrance of a house
streetscape - the combined visual image from all of the physical elements found on both sides of a street, including the property up to the building front ...
stoop The steps which lead to the front door; from the Dutch "stoep."
stretcher A masonry unit or brick laid horizontally with its length parallel to the wall.
Entry porch with stoop
Scroll-sawn spandrel
Paired entry doors, sometimes with glass in top half
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They can be made in various sizes, fitting anything from a small interior hallway to a large exterior portico or outside stoop.
Also indicative of the Dutch version of the Colonial style is the very small entrance with a small porch or stoop.
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The French colonists called it a galerie, the Dutch a stoep (Americanized as stoop), the Spanish a portal, in Italy it is a loggia. Veranda comes from the Portuguese varanda and was first used by the British in India.
Wooden exteriors were often painted using a variety of "earth" colors in greens, reds, and brown to accentuate the different textures and trims. The Queen Anne style row homes commonly had stone stoops.
 See also: Architecture, Porch, House, Frame, Ornament
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