Illustrated Architecture Dictionary

Tower

A building or part of a building that is exceptionally high in proportion to its width and length

See also: Steeple .... Turret .... Spire ........ Campanile

Crenelated tower / Crenelation Battlement or crenelation: a parapet with alternating openings and raised sections (merlons or crenels), often used on castle walls and towers for defensive purposes,  The raised sections provided protections from opposing forces; the openings provided space for shooting an arrow through. Used extensively by the English. Illustration: Miller mansion Synonym: battlement

Battlement A parapet at the top of a wall, especially of a fort or castle, that has regularly spaced square openings for shooting through

See also:  Christopher N. Brown, Buffalo Autumn Excursions: Nine European-Inspired Towers and Tales of Terror

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Examples from Buffalo:

• Illustration above: H. H. Richardson Complex Administration Building twin towers
  
  
• McFarland House, 409 Linwood Avenue
  
  
• Church of the Good Shepherd
  
  
• Connecticut Street Armory
  
  
• St. Stanislaus RC Church

• Thorne House
  
  
• First Presbyterian Church
  
  
• St. Luke's RC Church/Mission of Mercy
  
  
• Cicero Hamlin House/ Hamlin House Restaurant
  
  
• Charles W. Miller House
  
  
• Stevens House
  
  
• Melton Manor Condo

Other examples:

• Trinity Church, Boston, MA  Interior
  
  
• Prague Old Town Hall, Czech Republic

• Medieval Fortified Town of Carcassonne, France
  
  
• St. Paul's Cathedral, London, England
  
  

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