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Identifying feature

Gambrel roof

A roof with two slopes on each side: a shallow upper slope and a steep lower slope. It gives room for a full upper floor on barns and Dutch Colonial houses.

a sign of these styles

Dyckman Farmhouse, New York: an example of Dutch Colonial Dutch Colonial c. 1700–1940 A barn-profile gambrel roof, often flared at the eaves, sometimes with a split Dutch door.

often seen with

Dormer A window in a small roofed structure projecting from a sloping roof. Prominent chimney A large chimney built on an exterior wall, often of patterned brick or grouped into clusters of stacks… Sash window A window made of one or more glass-filled frames, called sashes, that slide up and down in grooves. Shingle siding Wood shingles, small overlapping pieces of split or sawn wood, covering the outer walls as well as the roof. Symmetrical facade A facade, or main front, whose left and right halves mirror each other, usually with the main door at the…