Homes from the Eighteenth Century to Today

Architectural Features

Bungalow

• Is a small one-story house with an overhanging roof and covered porch

Clapboards

• Name for boards with one edge thicker than the other, laid in overlapping rows to protect exterior walls.

Fanlight

• A semicircular, round, or oval window with fan-shaped panes of glass-often above the door

Gingerbread

• A lacy-looking, cutout wood trimming

(Gothic Revival Style)

Gable Roof

• A two sided simple pitched roof.

Hip Roof

• A roof with four sloped sides

Mansard Roof

• A roof that has two slopes on all sides, with the lower slope being steep and the upper slope almost flat

Pediment

• A triangular or arched decoration

Pilasters

• Decorative flattened columns

Portico

• A tall open porch supported by columns, over the front entrance

Cornice

• A decorative strip at the area where the roof and walls meet

Dormers• Structures that project through a sloping

roof and contain a window in the second story. They add light and air to the second story.

Tenement

• An apartment complex with minimum standards of sanitation, safety, and comfort