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Used for its modern meaning of "gambrel-roofed house", the term does not reflect the fact that housing styles in Dutch-founded communities in New York evolved over time. In the Hudson Valley, for example, the use of brick, or brick and stone is perhaps more characteristic of Dutch Colonial houses than is their use of a gambrel roof.
It has a gambrel roof, with chimneys at the ends, and three gabled dormers piercing the steep level of the roof. The side elevations each have a round window near the roof peak. A single-story gambrel-roofed ell extends to the rear. The interior follows a central hall plan, with four rooms on each floor, and a ballroom space in the attic level.
The central feature of the Second Empire architectural style is the mansard roof, a four-sided gambrel roof with a shallow or flat top usually pierced by dormer windows, and usually covered by shingles or stone slate wedges.
It is a 2 + 1 ⁄ 2-story gambrel-roofed wood-frame structure, with a gambrel roof and clapboarded exterior. Two brick chimneys are symmetrically placed in the interior, rising behind the main roof ridge. Three gabled dormers project from the steep sloping front face of the roof, and the rear roof line slopes down to the first floor in a ...
It was built about 1794, and is a two-story, five bay by three bay, brick dwelling with a gambrel roof and dormers. It is representative of the Georgian style. It has a one-story frame addition and a connected former carriage house. Also on the property is a contributing timber frame barn (c. 1850). [2]
It has a gambrel roof and dormers. Trim includes friezes, bracketing, and dentilled wood running courses. A brick pergola, designed to match the house, is located on the southeast. Interior details are generally classical with dentilled ceiling moldings, pilaster strips, and frieze. Each room has a uniquely designed parquet floor.
The house was built about 1802, and was a 1 1 ⁄ 2-story, five-bay, double pile, central-hall plan brick dwelling in a pre-Georgian style. It had a gambrel roof with dormers and sat on a high basement.
The Francis Hopkinson House stands on the northern edge of Bordentown's downtown area, at the southeast corner of Farnsworth and West Park Streets. It is a 2 + 1 ⁄ 2-story brick building, covered with a gambrel roof. Its main facade is five bays wide, with a center entrance sheltered by a rounded hood supported by decorative Italianate brackets.