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Blessed Trinity RC Church	Barrel A straight, continuous arched vault or ceiling, either semicircular or semi-elliptical in profile
1974 Seneca Street	Bell A roof whose cross section is shaped like a bell
420 Linwood Avenue	Candle-snuffer
123 Lexington Ave.	Conical (KON i cle) A roof in the shape of an inverted cone atop a cylindrical tower Found especially in Queen Anne style building
St. Casimer RC Church	Cupola (KYOO pa-la) A dome, especially a small dome on a circular or polygonal base crowning a roof or turret.
257 Grant Street	Dutch Gable/Flemish Gable A gable having a pediment whose outline contains two or more curves on each side of its apex.
	Flat A roof having no slope, or one with only a slight pitch so as to drain rainwater
Michigan Street Baptist Church	Gable / Pitched A pitched roof having a gable at each end Cross Gable
412 Linwood Avenue	Gambrel (GAM bril) A ridged roof with two slopes on either side, the lower slope having the steeper pitch 464 Linwood Avenue
446 Linwood Avenue	Hexagonal (hek SAG a nal) Six-sided roof with sloping sides meeting at an apex Stevens House 368 Linwood Avenue (engaged)
424 Linwood Avenue	Hip(ped) A roof with four uniformly pitched sides Hipped, with Cupola Stevens House
Watson House / The Buffalo Club	Mansard A roof having two slopes on all four sides, with the lower slope almost vertical and the upper almost horizontal. Named after French architect Francois Mansart (1598-1666) Engine 2 , Ladder 9 Goodyear House
Buffalo Zoo Elephant House	Octagonal Eight-sided roof with sloping sides meeting at an apex
	Onion Church on Spilled Blood, St. Petersburg, Russia
Buffalo Cremation Co. Bldg., 901 Delavan Ave	Pyramidal (pi RAM i dl) Alternate name: pavilion Roof with a square base (4 equal bases) and sloping sides meeting at an apex St. Francis Xavier RC Church Henry Schwartz House Albany City Hall Parliament Building (Palace of Westminster) London, England Post Office, North Easton, MA Medieval Fortified Town of Carcassonne, France
452 Parkside Ave.	Shed/Pent A roof shape having only one sloping plane 452 Parkside Ave. Palmer House 98 Wellington Road Wawel Castle, Cracow (Krakow), Poland
Westminster Presbyterian Church	Spire
375 Richmond Ave.	Tent Octagonal base with steeply pitched slopes rising to a peak

Photos and their arrangement © 2002 Chuck LaChiusa
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