This page contains a compendium of terms pertaining to historical topics.
Architectural Styles
Art Deco
Art Moderne
Beaux Arts
Brutalist
Chicago School Commercial
Classical Revival
Colonial Revival
Elizabethan-Jacobethan Revival
English Colonial
English Revival
First Chicago School
Gable Front
Georgian
Gothic Revival
Greek Revival
Italian Renaissance
Mediterranean Revival
Mid-Century Modern
Mission Revival
Neo Classical
Prairie Influence American Foursquare
Prairie School
Red River Frame
Richardsonian Romanesque
Romanesque Revival
St. Cecilia
Second Empire
Terracotta Revival
Three-Flat Chicago
Tudor
Victorian
Victorian Era Italianate
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough and Jordan Makichuk.
Page revised: 18 April 2026
This is a glossary of historical terms developed by the Manitoba Historical Society.
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