The Italian word for a freestanding bell tower usually detached from the main body of a church or building.
			The Cape Cod style of residential architecture (1600-1800) is believed to have first appeared in Cape Cod, Massachusetts during the seventeenth century. Cape Cod style homes are thought to have been the first permanent houses built in the New World. These homes are very practical because of the efficient use of space and simplicity of design.
			A covered area for automobiles with open sides.
			An operable wood or metal window, hinged on one side, that usually swings outward like a door.
			Trim around a door or window opening or molded trim of uniform profile that covers post or beam.
			Molded iron shaped used for ornamental architectural appointments on columns, railings fences and decorative features on buildings.
			A foundation system component used to raise the structure off the ground. A low wall running continuously around the perimeter of the structure and gridded below the interior for support.
			A vertical non-combustible shaft or structure rising above the roof and having one or more flues to carry smoke from fireplaces away from the building.
			Exterior wood siding, comprised of overlapping horizontal boards, commonly used to cover the outside of a wood frame structure. These siding boards are wedge shaped in section with the upper edge being thinner than the lower edge. Also see weatherboards.
			Pertaining to the architectural style of ancient Greece or Rome or to the subsequent styles that evolved from these building types. The architecture of ancient Greece and Rome that was comprised of five orders: Doric, Ionic, Corinthian, Tuscan, and Composite.
			A thin, clay or ceramic surfacing unit, having either a glazed or unglazed wearing surface, that are used for flooring, roofing and other building purposes.
			A structural framework comprised of heavy timbers connected with mortise and tenon joints and covered with wide horizontal plank decking.
			The term "Colonial" alone generally refers to English Colonial architecture. The terms "French," "Spanish," "Dutch" and "English" are often used to differentiate and classify colonial architecture because early settlers imported the design characteristics for their new homes from their native homelands.
			Colonial architecture fell out of favor with architects and builders after the American Revolution in 1776. Americans were not interested in building anything associated with their colonial past or ties to Britain. The centennial exposition in Philadelphia in 1876 was the event that spawned the Colonial Revival style of architecture (1880-1940). The colonial revival typically refers to the rebirth of interest in the English and Dutch Colonial styles.
			A row of columns situated at regular intervals and aligned in a straight or arced pattern to support a beam, entab- lature or series of arches.
			Slender round wooden columns that are milled (turned) on a lathe.
			A vertical structural member that is generally either round, square or rect- angular in shape. classical columns are usually comprised of a base, shaft and capital.
			A style of the classical order of columns generally having a fluted shaft and an inverted bell shaped capital. Eight acanthus leaves on the face of the capital support four projecting volutes.
			The most elegant and ornamentally detailed of the three orders of columns developed by the Greeks. The Corinthian column has a tall base, pedestal, slender fluted shaft, fillets, ornate capital with carved acanthus leaves and an elaborate cornice.
			The horizontal member of a classical entablature immediately below the crown molding and projecting from the cornice above the bed molding.
			The upper portion of a classical entab- lature. A projecting ornamental molding along the top of a building, wall, pillar or eave of a roof. Exterior trim located where a wall and roof intersect including the soffit, fascia and crown molding.
			A small, rustic country house usually having weatherboard (clapboard) siding, wooden columns and an asymmetrical plan.
			An open outdoor area surrounded by buildings and walls, concealed from public view and serving as a private or semi- public space often including gardens or landscaping.
			A style of cottages in New Orleans con- structed during the post-colonial period.
			The distinctive pattern that frames the tops of the walls of many medieval castles, often called battlements. Crenellation most commonly takes the form of multiple, regular, rectangular spaces cut out of the top of the wall to allow defenders spaces to shoot arrows from and other spaces to hide behind full cover.
			Architectural ornamentation atop the upp- ermost element of a building.
			The natural movement of air through a building designed and oriented to facilitate fresh air entering the structure on one side and exiting on the opposite side. This method of ventilation depends upon prevailing breezes to reduce interior temperatures.
			The uppermost element of an archit- ectural feature including the key of an arch or the upper molding of a cornice.
			The cross-shaped plan of a large church formed by the intersection of the transepts (side wings) extending outward from the linearly aligned nave (seating area), chancel (choir) and apse (alter).
			A small towering architectural element rising from the roof, usually having a dome or turret above a louvered or glazed shaft. A cupola is usually polygonal in shape and mounted above the roof on a base of similar configuration.