“They followed the classic model of Greek temples, with their rectangular rows of columns, topped by beams and relieved by a triangular pediment.”

“Determining an appropriate finial for the pediment required another approach.”

“The twelve-panel front door is surmounted with a transom window and framed by fluted pilasters supporting an open pediment.”

“The prevailing style of the roughly 3,800 neighboring houses features large gables and verandas, with porticos, pediments, and glossy interiors.”

“Above the doorways, cherubs cluster around rich pediments and everywhere there is the sparkle of freshly-applied 24-carat gilding.”

“He was portrayed standing under a tabernacled canopy consisting of three arches slightly pointed, surmounted by crocketed pediments.”