On Sat, 03 Sep 2005 19:51:31 -0400, Tom Watson
wrote:

I'd take a look at some of the Sears kit homes from that era.

They were typically of mixed styles, sometimes referred to as
"Vernacular".

Vernacular ? In UK architectural langauge, that would be pretty much
the opposite of anything ordered centrally, like Sears. Vernacular (as
we use it) isn't a mixture, it's a local specialisation, often based on
the use of local materials.

As to the detail by th ebay, I'd describe it as "gingerbread" and a
hangover from the Victorians, who went crazy for this stuff in huge
quanitities.