Finial A decorative piece set atop a spire, cupola, gable or gate post.
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Fenestration Pattern The arrangement of windows across the facade of a building. Fanligh A semi-circular (fan shaped) window placed atop a door, commonly seen in Federal and Colonial Revival style buildings. Facade The face of a building, usually referring to the front. Eyelid Dormer A half-elliptical decorative window placed in the roof surface, resembling the shape of an eye.
Column A support pillar, usually round, found on porches and as a decorative detail.Įaves The edge of the roof that overhangs the exterior walls, sometimes with exposed rafters. Clapboard A narrow wooden board, thinner at one edge than the other, applied horizontally to the exterior walls of buildings to form a weather-tight wall surface. Certain vernacular folk building patterns locate the chimney at the center of the house or at the corner. Chimneys Chimneys are usually built of stone or brick (more modern chimneys may be of cinder block) and are located at either the exterior side walls of the building or at the center or interior of the building. Chair Rail A chair rail is decorative wooden trim attached horizontally at the approximate height of the back of a straight chair. Buttress A wall support usually of stone or brick placed at the sides of a building, commonly seen on some Gothic Revival style churches. Bulkhead A bulkhead is a set of metal door providing an outdoor entrance to the cellar. They may be incised into a scrolled patten or be more simply molded and are common to all Italinate style buildings, but often appear with other styles as well. Brackets Ornamental supports, usually of wood or pressed metal, which appear at the cornice line of a building. Board and Batten A construction method for doors or walls in which the wood is arranged in vertical boards and held in place with a horizontal board called a batten. Belfry A small square bell tower placed atop a roof to house a bell, often found on churches and schools.
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