Styles, Construction, and Design Architectural Styles and Construction Components
Roof Types Flat Roof
Gable Roof High-pitched Roof Low-pitched gable Scandinavians
Gambrel Roof Dutch Colonial
Hip Roof Georgian
Mansard Roof French Manor
Architectural Elements Gingerbread-decorative trim on the outside of houses. Scrolls and other decorative trim made from wood appeared under eaves and around windows and doors.
Turret Small Towers
Portico An open space covered with a roof that is supported by columns.
Pediments Architectural roof like decorations that are usually found over a portico, window, or door.
Pilaster Columns, decorative or functional
Fanlight Window in a fan shape
Lean-to Roof line with a slant that appears to lean
Clapboard Siding boards
Dormers Windows that appear to pop out of the roof