A Shingle house has wood roofing and is
two or three stories high. About 20% of shingled houses have side gable roofs. Five
principal subtypes can be distinguished.Gable's A triangle
formed by the meeting of a double pitched or gable roof, a two way pitcher. A hipped roof
has no gables but four pitched side. Towers are buldings or parts of buldings that are
especilly tall. Palladian windows are composed of three sections. A multi-level eave is
the lower edge of sloping roofs. A pitch is the slant of a roof. Classical refers, for our
purpose, to two ancienct pouches fifth cenury B. C. Greece to second centuryy a.d.
The style came from Rome, Newport, Cape Cod, and Long Island. It was
popular from 1880-1900.