Illustrated Architecture Dictionary
Hoodmold
Also called hood molding, dripstone
Illustrated Architecture Dictionary
Hoodmold
Also called hood molding, dripstone
A projecting molding above a door, window and archway to throw off rainLabel molding is a square-arched hoodmold
Found in Gothic Revival, Second Empire, Italianate, Tudor Revival styles
Examples from Buffalo architecture:
- Illustration above: St. Paul's Cathedral
- Church, 481 Linwood Avenue
- The Mansion on Delaware Avenue
- St. Louis R. C. Church
- 104 Chapin Pkwy.
- Benjamin W.Appleton House, 88 Lincoln Pkwy
- With label molding: Stephen M. Clement House/Red Cross Building
- With label molding: St. John's Grace Episcopal Church
Other examples:
