Illustrated Architecture Dictionary

Jamb

One of a pair of vertical posts or pieces forming the sides of a door, window frame, or fireplace

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Examples from Buffalo architecture:

• Illustration above: Window jamb : Hull House
  
  
• Fireplace jambs: General Electric Tower / Niagara Mohawk Building
  
  
• Fireplace jambs: Herbert W. Turk House

Other examples:

• Doorway jambs: Governor's Palace, Williamsburg, VA
  
  
• Window jambs: University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia
  
  
• Portal jambs: Chartres Cathedral, Chartres, France

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