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Sawnwork – Decorative woodwork formed by intricate sawn patterns formed on a bandsaw. Popular in the 1880s and the 1890s and used as exterior decoration on porches and in gables. Scale – The size of a building in relation to the size of the average human being. Second Empire Style – An eclectic style derived from the grand architecture of the French Second Empire of Napoleon III (1852-1870), popularly used in America from the 1860s to the 1880s, especially for public buildings, and characterized by heavy ornament and high mansard roofs with dormers. Section 106 – The provision of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 that requires the head of a federal agency financing or licensing a project to make a determination of the effect of the project or property listed or eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places. This is the only protection the National Register provides for listed properties. Segmental Arch – An arch formed on a segment of a circle or an ellipse. Sense of Place – The sum of the attributes of a locality, neighborhood, or property that give it a unique and distinctive character. Shed Room – A one-story appendage to a larger structure, covered by a simple shed or sloping roof that “leans” against the principal building mass. Sheet Metal – A flat, rolled-metal product, rectangular in cross-section and form; when used as roofing material, usually tern- or zinc-plated. Shingle – A roofing unit of wood, asphalt, slate, tile, or other material cut to stock lengths, widths, and thicknesses; used as an exterior covering on roofs and applied in a overlapping fashion. Shoulder – The sloping shelf or ledge created on the side of a masonry chimney where the width of the chimney changes, also surrounding of stairs. Shutters – Small hinged wooden louvered or solid panels that cover a door or window. Sidelight – A framed area of fixed glass of one or more panes positioned to either side of a door or window opening. Sightline Triangle – On corner properties, the area from the corner of the property line (land) and extending 25' parallel to both street frontages, to the diagonal line connecting these two lines. Sill – A heavy horizontal timber positioned at the bottom of the frame of a wood structure, that rests on top of the foundation; also, the horizontal bottom member of a door or window frame. Soffit [sä-fət] – The exposed undersurface of any overhead component of a building, such as an arch, balcony, beam, cornice, lintel, or vault. Spindle Frieze – A row of lathe-turned spindles included as the uppermost decorative feature of a gallery or porch below the cornice; also known as an openwork frieze. Stabilization – “The act or process of applying measures designed to re-establish a weather resistant enclosure and the structural stability of unsafe or deteriorated property while maintaining the essen- tial form as it exists at present”, according to the Secretary of Interior’s Standards for Rehabilitation. Street Furniture – Municipal equipment placed along streets including light fixtures, fire hydrants, police and fire call boxes, signs, benches, and kiosks. Streetscape – The distinguishing character of a particular street is created by its width, degree of curvature, paving materials, design of the street furniture, forms of surrounding buildings, and the presence of vegetation (especially trees) along the curb or sidewalk. Stretcher – The long face of a brick when laid horizontally. String Course – A projecting course of bricks or other material forming a narrow horizontal band across the wall of a building, usually to delineate the line between stories, also referred to as a belt course. Stucco – An exterior finish, usually textured, composed of Portland cement, lime, and sand mixed with
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