The bird's nest at the top of the house, I don't think it's called a bird's nest, I'd like to know what it's called, along with any other names applicable toward a description of this house.
Wilma Buttfit
May 9, 18 3:41 pm
belvedere
Thanks
May 9, 18 4:19 pm
Thank you. Belvedere is a more appropriate than cupola? And either of these could constitute and later be called a garret?
Wilma Buttfit
May 9, 18 4:33 pm
I don't know. Garrets are dark attic rooms I thought.
Thanks
May 9, 18 4:38 pm
I'm hoping darkness isn't mandatory and the word garret is flexible enough to apply to any attic room, and that the the upper portion of this house could be considered an attic.
Thanks
May 9, 18 4:39 pm
Though obviously I'm trying to go off more than my hope as well.
Wilma Buttfit
May 9, 18 5:50 pm
I think a cupola is primarily for admitting light and air. A belvedere is a place to take in a nice view.
Non Sequitur
May 9, 18 4:10 pm
Crack house?
JLC-1
May 9, 18 4:16 pm
the porn room - not a joke, there's a house here from the 70's with a turret better executed than that, and it's all red velvet inside, shelves filled with porn vhs.....a friend told me.
Non Sequitur
May 9, 18 4:20 pm
I...I've been in such a place before. I mean, a friend of mine has.
Thanks
May 9, 18 4:21 pm
I don't think the house looks very well maintained and I understand where these jokes are coming from.
Wilma Buttfit
May 9, 18 4:29 pm
I may have toured that house, JLC. Or perhaps there are more than one. I stayed in the guest house and was invited in by the owner. Very interesting. I remember the color was more of a coral velvet than red.
JLC-1
May 9, 18 4:42 pm
it is not a joke, it only reminded me of that house, this one
Thanks
May 9, 18 4:44 pm
My bad because you even said not a joke before I called it a joke. Just porn and crack aren't related to my curiosity about this place is what I'm finding humorous and appreciating.
Non Sequitur
May 9, 18 4:56 pm
I like that instead of a cock, there is a golfer on top of the weather-vane.
Peter Normand
May 9, 18 4:18 pm
The style is possibly Italianate popular in the US 1860-1890 or neo Georgian 1880-1920. The thing in question is commonly called a turret, especially if it is on a corner of the building. This looks like a nice house that is a mix of a bunch of architectural styles but is not too awkward or gaudy.
Thanks
May 9, 18 4:21 pm
Thank you. It's in St. Anne's Hill Historic District in Dayton Ohio. Most of the houses are within Second Empire is what I've read. You nailed the time period.
Miles Jaffe
May 9, 18 4:33 pm
Around here (Sag Harbor) that's referred to as a widow's watch, where ship captain's wives could watch for their husband's return.
Thanks
May 9, 18 4:41 pm
Then those can be called cupolas as well I read here on Wikipedia. What exactly a cupola is I feel uncertain about, in addition to a belvedere. Widow's watch is a great name and a great idea, if this had a banister I'd be open to calling it a widow's watch. Although I might learn that a banister isn't a requirement for a widow's watch. It may be that the top of this house isn't certainly one thing, but I'd like to call it the best thing to call it.
I'm calling it a turret with canted bay windows. I don't think it's both a turret and a belvedere or cupola. I'm not sure how to describe the top, the roof.
Miles Jaffe
May 9, 18 5:15 pm
If it was open with a railing it would be a widow's walk.
Peter Normand
May 9, 18 5:24 pm
Above is a classic widow's watch, sometimes referred to in Connecticut as a widows walk. A cupola would not have a stair leading to the roof/look out. sometimes the widows's watch would have a narrow walkway along the ridge of the roof with an ornate balustrade. The example posted would not be a widows walk/watch because it is below the highest ridge of the roof.
Thanks
May 9, 18 5:11 pm
Literally my name is Thanks also mentioning I imagined "oh I can find somewhere to talk about architecture on the internet" and you people came through.
Miles Jaffe
May 9, 18 5:17 pm
When you address us as 'Dear Experts On This Subject', how could we refuse? Now you have to tell us the story behind your name.
Thanks
May 9, 18 5:29 pm
The proof is in the pudding my friend.
Flatfish
May 9, 18 6:08 pm
Definitely not a garret. A garret is an undesirable room or suite of rooms directly under the main roof of a building. Typically dark, and poorly heated. Why are you hoping to call this that? Romanticizer of the starving artist life?
Thanks
May 9, 18 6:24 pm
The question relates, of course, to how you'd market the room. What you'd think of calling the room when you imagined someone living in it. I think the space of this room and the possibility of it as a bedroom is questionable. Not to mention a clear stigma against the word garret, related to a clear stigma against the idea of art and poor people, and really way off track in terms of everything.
Dear Experts On This Subject,
The bird's nest at the top of the house, I don't think it's called a bird's nest, I'd like to know what it's called, along with any other names applicable toward a description of this house.
belvedere
Thank you. Belvedere is a more appropriate than cupola? And either of these could constitute and later be called a garret?
I don't know. Garrets are dark attic rooms I thought.
I'm hoping darkness isn't mandatory and the word garret is flexible enough to apply to any attic room, and that the the upper portion of this house could be considered an attic.
Though obviously I'm trying to go off more than my hope as well.
I think a cupola is primarily for admitting light and air. A belvedere is a place to take in a nice view.
Crack house?
the porn room - not a joke, there's a house here from the 70's with a turret better executed than that, and it's all red velvet inside, shelves filled with porn vhs.....a friend told me.
I...I've been in such a place before. I mean, a friend of mine has.
I don't think the house looks very well maintained and I understand where these jokes are coming from.
I may have toured that house, JLC. Or perhaps there are more than one. I stayed in the guest house and was invited in by the owner. Very interesting. I remember the color was more of a coral velvet than red.
it is not a joke, it only reminded me of that house, this one
My bad because you even said not a joke before I called it a joke. Just porn and crack aren't related to my curiosity about this place is what I'm finding humorous and appreciating.
I like that instead of a cock, there is a golfer on top of the weather-vane.
The style is possibly Italianate popular in the US 1860-1890 or neo Georgian 1880-1920. The thing in question is commonly called a turret, especially if it is on a corner of the building. This looks like a nice house that is a mix of a bunch of architectural styles but is not too awkward or gaudy.
Thank you. It's in St. Anne's Hill Historic District in Dayton Ohio. Most of the houses are within Second Empire is what I've read. You nailed the time period.
Around here (Sag Harbor) that's referred to as a widow's watch, where ship captain's wives could watch for their husband's return.
Then those can be called cupolas as well I read here on Wikipedia. What exactly a cupola is I feel uncertain about, in addition to a belvedere. Widow's watch is a great name and a great idea, if this had a banister I'd be open to calling it a widow's watch. Although I might learn that a banister isn't a requirement for a widow's watch. It may be that the top of this house isn't certainly one thing, but I'd like to call it the best thing to call it.
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I'm calling it a turret with canted bay windows. I don't think it's both a turret and a belvedere or cupola. I'm not sure how to describe the top, the roof.
If it was open with a railing it would be a widow's walk.
Above is a classic widow's watch, sometimes referred to in Connecticut as a widows walk. A cupola would not have a stair leading to the roof/look out. sometimes the widows's watch would have a narrow walkway along the ridge of the roof with an ornate balustrade. The example posted would not be a widows walk/watch because it is below the highest ridge of the roof.
Literally my name is Thanks also mentioning I imagined "oh I can find somewhere to talk about architecture on the internet" and you people came through.
When you address us as 'Dear Experts On This Subject', how could we refuse? Now you have to tell us the story behind your name.
The proof is in the pudding my friend.
Definitely not a garret. A garret is an undesirable room or suite of rooms directly under the main roof of a building. Typically dark, and poorly heated. Why are you hoping to call this that? Romanticizer of the starving artist life?
The question relates, of course, to how you'd market the room. What you'd think of calling the room when you imagined someone living in it. I think the space of this room and the possibility of it as a bedroom is questionable. Not to mention a clear stigma against the word garret, related to a clear stigma against the idea of art and poor people, and really way off track in terms of everything.