Contents
I. House Terminology
A. Roof Variations
B. Projections
C. Windows
D. Doors
II. Architectural Periods & Styles
A. First Period: 1625–1725
B. Georgian: 1725–1780
C. Federal: 1780–1830
D. Greek Revival: 1830–1860
E. Gothic Revival (1840–1880)
F. Italianate (1850–1885)
G. Second Empire (1860–1880)
H. Stick (1860–1890)
I. Queen Anne (1880–1910)
J. Shingle (1880–1900)
K. Colonial Revival (1880–1955)
L. Tudor Revival (1910–1940)
M. Prairie (1900–20)
N. Craftsman (1905–1930)
O. International, Modernistic, Modern and Neoeclectic (1920–Present)
Abbreviations
- LHD – Local Historic District
- NRDIS – National Historic District
- NRHD – National Historic Register District
- NRMRA – National Register Multiple Resource Area
- NRNID – National Register Individual property
Glossary
- architectural diversity
- architectural periods & styles
- balustrade
- band course
- basic house shapes
- bay
- bay window
- brackets
- brick corbel
- casing
- classical orders
- Colonial Revival
- corbels
- corner board
- cornice
- cornice brackets over a bay window
- Craftsman
- cresting
- cross gables
- curtilage
- decorative surrounds
- dentils
- door surround with pilaster and pediment
- doors
- dormer
- eave
- eighteenth century windows
- elaboration
- elevation
- ell
- end gable form
- entablature
- facade
- fanlight
- fascia
- Federal
- Federal-era fanlight
- First Period
- Four Square
- front-gabled house
- gable end
- gable return
- gambrel roof
- Georgian
- Gothic Revival
- Greek Revival
- Greek Revival windows
- grouped windows
- half-timbering
- hip roof
- hipped roof
- hood
- International
- Italianate
- Italianate style house
- joint
- LHD
- light
- lintel
- mansard
- menage
- messuage
- Modern
- Modernistic
- monitor
- muntin
- Neoeclectic
- Neoeclecticism
- Neo-Victorian
- NRDIS
- NRHD
- NRMRA
- NRNID
- old houses
- Palladian window
- Palladian windows
- parapet
- pediment
- pediments
- pilaster
- pitch
- pointing
- portico entablature
- Prairie
- projecting elements
- projections
- Queen Anne
- rake board
- raking cornice
- raking course
- raking molding
- roof variations
- roof-wall junction
- saltbox house
- sash
- Second Empire
- set back
- Shingle
- side gable form
- side-gabled
- side-gabled house
- sidelight
- sidelights
- sill
- single box with a gabled roof
- single central chimney
- single-hung 6 over 9 window
- soffit
- Stick
- stylistically pure
- transitional
- transom
- true divided-light sash
- Tudor Revival
- two-story tower bay
- Victorian sash
- window entablature
- windows
- wing
Sources Cited
“Andover’s Architectural Styles,” https://preservation.mhl.org/history. Last accessed January 24, 2021.
Key Facts
At time of upload on December 30, 2023: