- abacus
- acanthus
- acroterion
- acroterion
- anta
- anthemion
- architrave
- balloon frame
- balloon framing
- bargeboard
- batter
- bead and reel molding
- belt course
- bracket
- buttress
- caisson
- camelback roof
- cantilever
- capital
- cartouche
- chamfer
- choragic monument
- clapboard
- clerestory
- coffering
- Composite order
- console
- corbel
- Corinthian order
- cornice
- crenellation
- cyma recta
- denticulated
- distyle-in-antis
- Doric order
- dormer
- double-hung sash window
- eaves
- egg-and-dart
- entablature
- entasis
- fanlight
- fascia
- fenestration
- festoon
- finial
- flutes
- fluting
- foliated
- fractable
- frieze
- gambrel
- gutta
- hipped roof
- hood molding
- Ionic order
- kerf
- lancet
- lantern
- leaded glass
- lintel
- lunette
- mansard roof
- modillion
- mullion
- muntin
- ogee
- Palladian window
- palmette
- palmate
- pediment
- pendant
- pilaster
- portico
- quoin
- reeding
- reveal
- rosette
- roundel
- rustication
- standing seam
- stencil
- swag
- tetrastyle
- Tower of the Winds
- trabeated
- tracery
- trefoil
- triglyph
- tympanum
- volute
- water leaf
- weatherboard
Definitions taken from the following sources.
- Illustrated Dictionary of Historic Architecture (1977)
- Architecture of the Old Northwest Territory (1950)
- Oxford Universal Dictionary on Historical Principles (1955)
- What Style is It? (1977)
- Webster’s New World Dictionary of the American Language (1960)
Source Citation
Windle, John T. and Robert M. Taylor, Jr. The Early Architecture of Madison, Indiana. Madison, Indiana: Historic Madison, Inc. 1986.