Illustrated Architecture Dictionary

Bargeboard
Also called Vergeboard

A board, often ornately carved or pierced, fixed to the projecting edge of a gable roof

Commonly found in Gothic Revival architecture (1830-1860), Queen Anne architecture (1880-1910), and Tudor Revival architecture (early 20th century).

Examples from Buffalo architecture:

• Illustration above: Jewett M. Richmond House
  
  
• Franklin W. Caulkins House
  
  
• Richard Hatch House
  
  
• 167 Park Street
  
  
• 167 Louvaine Dr., Kenmore
  
  
• 43 Nottingham Ter.
  
  
• 163 Winspear Ave.
  
  
• Northwest corner of Middlesex at Lincoln Pkwy
  
  
• Albert J. Wright House / Beau Fleuve
  
  
• 90 Bryant St. - Example 1
  
  
• 90 Bryant St. - Example 2
  
  
• 90 Bryant St. - Example 3
  
  
• 57 Nottingham Terr.
  
  
• 65 Elmwood Ave., Carl Slone Antique Lighting and Windows
  
  
• 24 Buffalo Avenue, Niagara Falls, NY c. 1855, built for Dexter R. Jerauld; was the Niagara Club from 1904 to 1996

Other examples:

• 196 Montgomery St., Newburgh, NY

• Hoyt House, Staatsburg, N.Y.
  
  
• 2 Rue Maupertuis, Nyon, Switzerland