The words are in the chronological order in which they appear in my site:
Pulpit: an elevated platform or high reading desk used in preaching or conducting a worship service
Federal Style: A style of architecture popular in the United States between 1790 and 1830
Facade: the front of a building; or any face of a building given special architectural treatment
Entablature: a horizontal part in classical architecture that rests on the columns and consists of architrave, frieze, and cornice
Brownstone: A building faced with reddish brown sandstone
Portico: a colonnade or covered ambulatory. Used very often in classical architecture at the entrance of a building
Colonnade: a series of columns set at regular intervals and usually supporting
the base of a roof structure
Pediment: a triangular space that forms the gable of a low-pitched roof and that is usually filled with relief sculpture in classical architecture. It is also often included as a form of decoration.
Spire: a tapering roof or analogous pyramidal construction surmounting a tower
Art Deco: a popular design style of the 1920s and 1930s characterized especially by bold outlines, geometric and zigzag forms, and the use of new materials
Gothic: characterized by the converging of weights and strains at isolated points upon slender vertical piers and counterbalancing buttresses and by pointed arches and vaulting
Arch: a typically curved structural member spanning an opening and serving as a support
Setbacks: a placing of the face of a building on a line some distance to the rear of the building line or of the wall below; also the rooftop area produced by a setback
Frieze: the part of an entablature between the architrave and the cornice, a sculptured or richly ornamented band
Buttress: a projecting structure of masonry or wood for supporting or giving stability to a wall or building
Gargoyle: a spout in the form of a grotesque human or animal figure projecting from a roof gutter to throw rainwater clear of a building
Stainless Steel: an alloy of steel with chromium and sometimes another element (as nickel or molybdenum) that is practically immune to rusting and ordinary corrosion
Cornice: the molded and projecting horizontal member that crowns an architectural composition
Dome: a large hemispherical roof or ceiling
Corinthian Column: of or relating to the lightest and most ornate of the three ancient Greek architectural orders distinguished especially by its large capitals decorated with carved acanthus leaves
Ionic: of or relating to the ancient Greek architectural order distinguished especially by fluted columns on bases and scroll volutes in its capitals
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