The broker calls the structure atop this newly-listed lakefront home in Winnetka a gazebo. I’d call it a widow’s walk but would compromise on widow’s gazebo given its octagonal shape.

Whatever you call it, it’s in a location that many would love to call home, and one of an unusually large number of North Shore lakefront properties for sale during the past year.

The basics: 4 bedrooms, 4 full, 3 half baths, built in 2002. 619 Sheridan Rd, $6,800,000.