The traditional style consists of: 

• Main areas of elaboration:  cornice lines, doorways, porch-support columns, and windows. 

• Universal Feature: The wide band of trim beneath the cornice of both the main roof and the porch roof. 

• Shape:  Rectilinear

• Levels: One or two-story

• Roof Style: A gabled or low-pitched hipped roof having either an entry or full-width porch supported by prominent square or round columns.  The main roof and porch roof are emphasized with a wide divided band of trim. 

• Front door: Surrounded by narrow sidelights and a rectangular line of transom lights above, usually incorporated into a larger decorative enframement. 

• Windows: The six-pane windows are typically less elaborate than the doorways. 

The entry porch style on a house with a side open-gabled or hipped roof can vary: 

• Either a small entry porch that does not extend the full height of the facade; 

• A dominant central entry porch extending the full height, but less than the full width; a colonnaded entry porch that occupies the full width and height of the front facade, sometimes extending around one or both sides of the house;

• Or an absent entry porch. 

A less common variation is the Gable Front and Wing style, where the front-gabled main house has a side-wing with a side-gabled roofline lower than the dominant front-gabled portion.