Illustrated Architecture Dictionary

Wheel window

A large circular window in which the tracery radiates from the center

A variety of the rose window

Found in Gothic and Gothic Revival styles

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Examples from Buffalo architecture

• Illustration above: St. Casimir's RC Church
  
  
• St. Francis Xavier RC Church
  
  
• St. John the Evangelist RC Church
  
  
• St. Joseph's RC Cathedral

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Photos and their arrangement © 2002 Chuck LaChiusa
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