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Entablature en TAB la chur

In classical architecture, the top of an Order, horizontally divided into cornice, frieze, and architrave, supported by a colonnade Found in the Doric, Ionic, Corinthian, Composite, and Tuscan orders

Found in classical Greek and Roman architecture and derivatives, including Beaux Arts Classicism, Classical Revival, Federal, Georgian Revival, Greek Revival, Neoclassicism, Renaissance Revival, Second Empire

Examples from Buffalo architecture

• Illustration above: Buffalo and Erie County Historical Society Museum
• Williams-Butler House
• Charles W. Goodyear House
• 109 Chapin Pkwy
• Bemis-Jones House
• 77 Gates Circle
• Fireplace: Miller House
• Door head: North Park Theatre

Other examples:

• Amherst Humphrey Houseat the Genesee Country Village, & Museum
• University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia
• Parthenon, Athens, Greece
• Erectheion, Athens, Greece
• Temple E, Corinth, Greece