# Does your house/apartment have arches? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 4, 2010, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-your-house-apartment-have-arches/527737 "2010-02-04T23:38:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Hanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b3f665/32.png) [@Hanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hanna)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2010, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-your-house-apartment-have-arches/527737/21 "2010-02-05T15:51:57Z")
2 arches. It’s a 50’s era house, so they’re normal sized doorways with arched tops. Kinda like Wolf Alice’s, but pointier on top. ---
**Author:** ![Surly\_Chick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@Surly\_Chick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Surly_Chick)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2010, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-your-house-apartment-have-arches/527737/22 "2010-02-05T16:01:07Z")
I have functional arches in the cellar. My house was built in 1750 and they support the fireplaces (4) and the chimney. No arches in the house unfortunately. I love me some arches. ---
**Author:** ![hellpaso](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ecae2f/32.png) [@hellpaso](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hellpaso)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2010, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-your-house-apartment-have-arches/527737/23 "2010-02-05T18:28:09Z")
I have 7 arches, but this is a new house built in a Spanish Colonial style, which is regionally ubiquitous. Nothing unusual at all. I do love them. I also have 4 arched “nichos” (niches) in various places in the house. ---
**Author:** ![gwendee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/35a633/32.png) [@gwendee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gwendee)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2010, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-your-house-apartment-have-arches/527737/24 "2010-02-05T19:38:52Z")
Now I have arch envy ---
**Author:** ![Tastes\_of\_Chocolate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tastes_of_chocolate/32/3232_2.png) [@Tastes\_of\_Chocolate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tastes_of_Chocolate)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2010, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-your-house-apartment-have-arches/527737/25 "2010-02-05T19:54:37Z")
No arches for me, but we do have an arched fireplace. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-your-house-apartment-have-arches/527737.md?page=1)