1. Styles, Construction, and Design
Architectural Styles and Construction Components

2. Roof Types
Flat Roof

3. Gable Roof
High-pitched Roof
Low-pitched gable
Scandinavians

4. Gambrel Roof
Dutch Colonial

5. Hip Roof
Georgian

6. Mansard Roof
French Manor

7. 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.

8. Turret
Small Towers

9. Portico
An open space covered with a roof that is supported by columns.

10. Pediments
Architectural roof like decorations that are usually found over a portico, window, or door.

11. Pilaster
Columns, decorative or functional

12. Fanlight
Window in a fan shape

13. Lean-to
Roof line with a slant that appears to lean

14. Clapboard
Siding boards

15. Dormers
Windows that appear to pop out of the roof