Illustrated Architecture Dictionary

Gingerbread


Heavily, gaudily, and superfluously ornamented

Commonly used in reference to late 19th century Victorian architecture

Found in Gothic Revival, Queen Anne styles


Examples from Buffalo architecture:


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