October, 1909 
HOUSE AND GARDEN 
A typical dormer of the Colonial or Georgian style. There are often 
delicately carved pilasters on the front 
These dormers are somewhat unusual in that they break through 
the eaves. Ellicott & Emmart, architects 
In a gambrel roof the most appropriate dormers have for their 
roofs a continuation of the upper slope 
These broad, high-gabled dormers would be out of place on any 
roof other than one with such a broad low sweep 
A continuous dormer gives more space in the upper story. Chauncy The rounded-top dormer, as on this Rochester house, is not very 
Olcott’s home, Saratoga. Keen & Mead architects common in modern work. Claude Bragdon, architect 
SIX TYPES OF AMERICAN DORMER WINDOWS 
