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
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
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: