Illustrated Architecture Dictionary
Illustrated Architecture Dictionary
Window head
A horizontal cross member at the top of a window frame, in semicircles, arches, triangular shapes, etc.
Cf., water table
Found in almost all styles of architecture
Examples from Buffalo architecture:
- Illustration above: Charles F. Sternberg House / The Mansion on Delaware Avenue
- Charles W. Goodyear House
- S. Douglas Cornell House
- 591 Delaware Avenue
- 1920 Niagara St.
- 196 Linwood Ave.
- Stella Lowry House
- J. Lyth & Sons Illustrated Catalogue and Price List
Other examples:
