Façade - the front side of the building; the façade faces the street.

False Front - A large, flat front wall which rises above and hides the low roof of a commercial building facing the street.  A false front can be styled or unstyled.

Fanlight - An over-the-door window, semicircular or oval in shape, with bars separating and supporting the panes to form a fan-shaped design.

Fishscale Shingles - Overlapping shingles whose exposed ends are usually curved or oval; the shape is slightly suggestive of a fish's scales; associated primarily with the Queen Anne Revival style.

Flute - A groove or channel, especially parallel groves used for architectural decoration.

Folk Architecture - a building constructed by the common man without the help of an architect or master craftsman. Information on how to construct the building, appropriate size, what materials and tools to use, and how to use the tools is not recorded. Instead, it is passed verbally from generation to generation. Folk architecture is usually simple and practical. All Acadian Cottages are examples of folk architecture.

Frame Construction - A method of construction in which the major parts consist of wood.

French Door - A door made of many glass panes, usually used in pairs and attached by hinges to the sides of the opening in which it stands.

Frieze - The middle horizontal member of a classical entablature, above the architrave and below the cornice.