Dormer Window

Dormer Window

A dormer window is a perpendicular window located in a sloping roof. Triangular walls join the window to the roof. Dormer windows are sometimes crowned with pediments, and they often light attic sleeping rooms. “Dormer” derives from “dormir,” French for “to sleep.”...
Fan Light

Fan Light

A fan light is a semi-circular or semi-elliptical window, with wedge-shaped panes of glass separated by mullions, arranged like the spokes of a wagon wheel. Fan lights are usually found over entrance doors and windows, particularly in Federal and Greek Revival homes....

Gingerbreading

Wooden architectural ornament popular with American folk houses in the late-19th and early 20th centuries, particularly in the Stick Style. Gingerbreading often took the form of scalloped or zig-zag-edged clapboards, which were often painted in contrasting colors. At...