House through Time 
A Theatre of ArchitectureA THEATRE OF ARCHITECTURE - 1850-1900
Sketch: Natacha Fortin / © SARP
Characteristics
- Complex, double- or four-slope roof
- Massive 1½-, 2-, or 2½-floor construction
- Vertical sliding windows
- Elaborate wood porch
- Door and window jambs
- Finely wrought ornamentation
- Several overhanging elements
- Often, one or more round or polygonal towers
Materials
- Matchboard
- Wood shingles
- Brick
- Stone
- Quebec-style sheet metal
- Interlocked sheet metal
- Slate shingles (flaked)
