Illustrated Architecture Dictionary

Label stop

1- The termination of a hoodmold (arched dripstone) in which the lower ends are turned away from the opening horizontally

2- Any decorative boss or other termination of a hoodmold, sill, etc.

Found in Gothic Revival, Romanesque Revival, Tudor Revival styles

Examples from Buffalo architecture

• Illustration above: St. Paul's Episcopal Cathedral - Definition #1
  
  
• Stephen Clement Mansion - Definition #1

• 104 Chapin Pkwy - Definition #1
  
  
• Richard Hatch House - Definition #1
  
  
• Spencer Kellogg Jr. House - Definition #1
  
  
• Buffalo Seminary - Definition #1

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• St. Teresa RC Church - Example #1 - Definition #2
  
  
• St. Teresa RC Church - Example #2 - Definition #2
  

Other examples:

• Cross St., Elgin NY - Definition #1
  
  
• Lydig Munson Hoyt House, Staatsburg, N.Y. - Definition #2
  
  
• Rembrandthuis, Amsterdam, Netherlands - Definition #2
  
  
• Palau de Generalitat, Barcelona, Spain

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