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Homes from the Eighteenth Century to Today

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.

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Homes from the Eighteenth Century to Today

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  1. Homes from the Eighteenth Century to Today Architectural Features

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

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

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

  5. Gingerbread • A lacy-looking, cutout wood trimming (Gothic Revival Style)

  6. Gable Roof • A two sided simple pitched roof.

  7. Hip Roof • A roof with four sloped sides

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

  9. Pediment • A triangular or arched decoration

  10. Pilasters • Decorative flattened columns

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

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

  13. 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.

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

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