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Gable Stitch
Gable Stitch
Classic Forms Crown a Thoroughly
Non-Traditional House
by Deane Madsen, Assoc. AIA
Rear façade and yard of the Hull House.
The popularity of gabled rooflines isn’t unique to in the city, everything beneath that traditional roofline is
Alexandria, Virginia—that angled silhouette has served decidedly unconventional.
as a signifier of “house” from the earliest ages, assembled Hull House, which is sited along a busy cut-through
easily in children’s drawings or blocks by placing a triangle between one of Alexandria’s main drags and its Old
atop a square. Although pitched roofs are so standard as Town neighborhood, bears a jagged profile as viewed
to be written into Alexandria’s historic district design from the street, with a narrow central volume flanked by
guidelines, for the latest project by David Jameson, FAIA, two larger, unequal wings. “We call it Hull House because
it’s like you’re living in the hull of a boat,” Jameson said.
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