Characteristics of the Collegiate Gothic Style
The term Collegiate Gothic derives from Gothic Revival, an architectural style inspired by medieval Gothic architecture. Beginning in the mid-18th century, Gothic Revival became a leading building style during the 19th century and was often employed because of its moral overtones for academic, political, and religious buildings.

Arches: Arches are pointed as in early Gothic two-centered arches, as on the Chapel, or the flatter four-centered or Tudor arch as on the West doors of Jenkins Hall.
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Buttress: A buttress is an exterior support projecting from the face of a wall. Walls were often stiffened by external buttresses designed to carry weight of the roof while still allowing walls to be pierced by large windows.
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Crenelation: Name given to a treatment of a railing or low wall in which an upright section alternates with a space in a series. Originally used in fortification as in Medieval Castles.
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Dormer: A dormer is a window set upright on a sloping roof, usually under a triangular gable.
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Entrances: Collegiate gothic entrances are often recessed, framed by arches, surrounded by stone moldings, niches for statues, and stonecarving of all kinds.
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Finial:An architectural device, typically carved in stone, employed to mark the apex of a wall or gable.
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Flèche: Used in collegiate gothic architecture referring to a vertical decoration as in the point of a spire or pinnacle.
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Parapet: a low retaining wall at the edge of a roof, proch, or terrace.
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Plaque: A tablet applied to or set within an exterior surface. Can have an inscription or relief sculpture. 
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Relief Sculpture: Figurines atop arches or windows and reliefs on exterior walls are sculptural elements that appear on some buildings.
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Roofing: Collegiate gothic roofs are usually steep gabled as seen on the Chapel.  Flat-roofed buildings were late CG as in Jenkins, and the wings of Beatty. 
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Tracery: Curvilinear shapes of carved stone creating a geometric patterned divider in a window.
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Walls: Usually rough pastel fieldstone or brick with white limestone dressings.  At Loyola rough feldstone was used from Baltimore County quarries for both Beatty and Jenkins Hall.
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The later Tudor revival style was distinguished by “half-timbered” walls of heavy wood beams and white plaster as on the Humanities center. 
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Windows: Windows are usually tall and narrow using small panes of glass with wooden or lead dividers, as on original Beatty or Jenkins.  Windows are often topped by stone hood moldings and are often arched.   
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