Jerry Simon Posted October 3, 2007 Report Share Posted October 3, 2007 What is the name for this cone-like roof structure? Thanks much. Image Insert: 156.15 KB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad Manor Posted October 3, 2007 Report Share Posted October 3, 2007 Looks like a shingled cupola, but theres probably a proper name for it. -Brad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fqp25 Posted October 3, 2007 Report Share Posted October 3, 2007 What does the rest of the building look like? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Katen Posted October 3, 2007 Report Share Posted October 3, 2007 Originally posted by Jerry Simon What is the name for this cone-like roof structure? Thanks much. That's a really strange bit of ornament. Why is it there? It looks like it blew off of the neighbor's house and landed there. I wouldn't call it a cupola because there are no openings. Cupolas usually have openings for light or ventilation. I'd almost call it a pinnacle, but pinnacles are usually set on towers, not over flat roofs. How about teepee? - Jim Katen, Oregon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bain Posted October 3, 2007 Report Share Posted October 3, 2007 What's inside it--on top of that flat roof? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurt Posted October 3, 2007 Report Share Posted October 3, 2007 It's not a cupola. Everyone I associate w/calls them turrets. Most of the time, they are located @ a corner of the building, and there is usually a sidewall "tower" ornament running down the corner. On commercial buildings of the time, the entrance was very often @ the corner of the building, under the turret tower. Kibbel will know what the right term is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hausdok Posted October 3, 2007 Report Share Posted October 3, 2007 Hi, Any chance that's a victorian that's had a new facade wrapped completely around the original turret? OT - OF!!! M. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Kibbel Posted October 3, 2007 Report Share Posted October 3, 2007 Faceted conical roof - topped with a finial. It probably belongs on the building. Like many Queen Annes squeezed onto urban lots, there might be a projection on the facade below that roof that gives the appearance of a turret or tower. This is a pinnacle: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chicago Posted October 3, 2007 Report Share Posted October 3, 2007 So it is all ornament and just sitting,or is it somehow attached to the flat roof.? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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