Illustrated Architecture Dictionary

Block modillion
BLOCK moh DILL yun


A modillion in the form of a plain block

Found in classical Greek and Roman architecture and derivatives, including Beaux Arts Classicism, Classical Revival, Federal, Georgian Revival, Greek Revival, Neoclassicism, Renaissance Revival, Second Empire

Examples from Buffalo architecture:


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