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Casement. A side hinged window that swings in or out. Single door. A hinged, single entrance into a building or room. Chair backs: ladder. Sliding. A door that opens by sliding instead of swinging on a hinge. Corner Quoins. Early American.
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Casement • A side hinged window that swings in or out
Single door • A hinged, single entrance into a building or room
Sliding • A door that opens by sliding instead of swinging on a hinge
Early American • Style with turned legs, square, blocky with plank seat or cane seat
Pocket • A door that slides into a compartment in the adjoining wall
Arcade • A series of adjoining arches with their supporting columns
Doric Column Capitals -
Roof Types • Gable - Low Pitch
Dentil trim • An architectural decoration composed of small square projecting blocks used in a cornice (think teeth!)
Fan/half-round • A half circle shaped window usually placed above a door or in a pediment
Shingles • materials that are relatively thin, enough to be overlapped as they are put in place.
Roof Types • Saltbox
Dormer • A window that projects from the attic
Pediment Triangular
Pitch • A slope or the degree of slope – usually refers to a roof
Corner Quoins • Stone surfaces that cover corners of buildings • Alternate in length
Roof Types • Gambrel
Queen Anne • Style with cambriole leg, pad food, shell motif, wing chair
Pediment Segmental (round)
Panels mounted on beside windows Originally hinged so they could swing shut over a window to protect the glass during bad weather Shutters
Half Timber • Construction of timber frame having the spaces filed with masonry or plaster • Most of current construction is decorative
Roof Types • Flat
Roof Types • Hipped
Pediment Scroll
Sliding • A set of windows that slide horizontally
Roof Types • Shed
Log Cabin • Overlapping logs at corners, came from Sweden
Chippendale • Ball and claw foot, ears, Chinese influence-black lacquer Japaning, camel back couch
Tudor • A home with half-timbering
Spanish • Arcade, bartile roof, stucco, black wrought iron
Pilasters • A column that is part of a wall - can be semicircular or flat
Saltbox • 2 stories in front, 1 story in back – long rear roofline
Cape Cod • A Symmetrical, 1-1 ½ stories, clapboard siding and central door and chimney
Georgian • A symmetrical, 2 ½ stories, dentil trim, double hung windows with 9-10 panes, quoins, pilasters around paneled door
Federal • Symmetrical front, 3-4 stories, graduated windows where the windows get shorter with each floor or story, rectangular, beltcourse between stories, front door with fanlights and sidelights, balustrade
Pediment Broken
Greek Revival • 2 story, columns, large pediment towards street
Victorian Queen Anne • Tower, wraparound porch, gingerbread, fish scale shingles
Prairie • Horizontal lines, low-pitched roofs with overhanging eaves
Craftsman/Bungalow • Deep front porch, exposed rafters, wide columns, shed dormers
Contemporary • Clean simple lines, large windows, flat roof
Chairs: ladderback A chair with a back consisting of two upright posts connected by horizontal slats
Hepplewhite • Style with shield back and tapered legs