Victorian architecture
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Victorian Architecture in U.S.
The first American style broad-based style of architecture after the Revolutionary War was Federal (1790-1830) which was English Georgian style with an American name.
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house styles
A Victorian is a house constructed during the Victorian era, approximately 1840 to 1900. During the Victorian era, industrialization brought new building materials and techniques. Architecture saw rapid changes.
Victorian Architecture
The most prevalent style found during the Victorian age in both commercial and residential buildings is Italianate.
Victorian architecture dates from the second half of the 19th century, when America was exploring new approaches to building and design.
Victorian architecture - a style of architecture used in Britain during the reign of Queen Victoria; characterized by massive construction and elaborate ornamentation ...
Victorian architecture is a broad term used to describe the more defined styles within the period, which was quite popular from about 1820 to the early 1900âEâ"¢s.
Read More about Victorian Architecture:
Baer, Morley. Painted Ladies: San Francisco 's Resplendent Victorians. New York: Dutton, 1978.
Girouard, Mark. Sweetness and Light: The Queen Anne Movement, 1860-1900. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1977.
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The upper part of a wall or story.
Source:Victorian Architecture Vocabulary
Gable
The triangular part at the end of a building formed by the two sides of a sloping roof.
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bracket - historically, a support element used under eaves or other overhangs. In Victorian architecture, exaggerated brackets used under wide eaves are decorative rather than functional.
A projection on a house façade that is either curved or angular in plan and has its own windows. Used extensively in Victorian architecture.
Beam Ceiling
A ceiling punctuated by wooden beams, evenly spaced across the width of a room.
FINIAL A sculptured ornament, often in the shape of a leaf or flower, at the top of a gable, pinnacle, or similar structure.
A common feature of Victorian architecture, ...
Quoin - A stone or brick used to reinforce or decoratively distinguish an external corner or edge or a wall from adjacent masonry. In Victorian architecture often non-structurally represented in polychromatic brickwork or raised render.
Late Georgian architecture was often eclectic, with buildings in a variety of architectural styles, inspired by Indian, Islamic and medieval architecture. Late Victorian architecture was also said to be eclectic.
 See also: Victorian, Architecture, House, Arches, Italian
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