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Roof Types and Architectural Features: Definitions and Examples

Learn about different roof types such as flat, gable, gambrel, hip, and mansard, as well as architectural features like gingerbread, turret, clapboard, lean-to, ell, dormers, pediment, and pilasters. This information is based on the green books' chapter 6. Attendance unit continues this week.

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Roof Types and Architectural Features: Definitions and Examples

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  1. AFTER THE TEST, DEFINE THE FOLLOWING USING THE BOOKS: • Define the following using the green books IN CH 6: • Flat roof • Gable roof • Gambrel roof • Hip roof • Mansard roof

  2. REMEMBER ATTENDANCE UNIT CONTINUES THIS WEEK!!!! Bell Ringer: Describe the roof of your house/apartment. After the test, define the following roofs: • Flat roof • Gable roof • Gambrel roof • Hip roof • Mansard roof

  3. Objective 6.01 part 2: RECOGNIZE architectural features

  4. Gingerbread • Decorative wood trim on houses found under eaves and around windows and doors • Made popular in the years following the Civil War when the Victorian style became popular.

  5. Turret or Circular Tower • A small tower • Characteristic of Victorian architecture.

  6. Clapboard • Siding made from wedge-shaped boards that is applied by layering like shingles • The thin side of each clapboard is under the thick edge of the clapboard on top • Today vinyl siding is made to look like clapboard siding but without all the upkeep.

  7. Lean-to • A structure with a shed roof added on to a building.

  8. Ell • The wing of a building that is at a right angle to the main structure.

  9. Dormers • A projecting window from a sloped roof.

  10. Pediment • Roof-like decorations found over a portico, window, or door. Triangular Segmental Broken

  11. Pilasters • A pilaster is a rectangular support which resembles a flat column • Greek Revival homes often have pilasters.

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