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The Victorian style of residential architecture had once been all the rage in America. “It was fashionable especially among nouveau riche of 1860s,” Burns explains.
There are a few kinds of architecture you’d expect to find in the French Quarter. You’d expect Creole cottages. You might expect colonial-era French architecture. You might even come across ...
As the 20th century gathered steam, the reign of Queen Anne Revival (and the Victorian era as a whole) was coming to an end. A new architecture era was beginning.
Victorian architecture doesn’t refer to just one distinct style, but rather an era of innovation and craftsmanship.
Turrets and towers, stained glass, bay windows—Victorian architecture is all about a decorative flourish. Technically, Victorian means a home designed in the late 19th-century period when Queen ...
As architecture historian William Morgan explains, the Victorian era ran from Queen Victoria’s ascension to the throne in 1837 to her death in 1901 and includes a host of highly detailed styles.
Such architectural exuberance flourished later in the Victorian period, and it's probably the sundry panaches from those years, 1870s-1900s, that most New Orleanians picture when they think of ...
Each book only had a few pages of the architectural styles popular in the early and late Victorian periods, but Cape May figured prominently: the Chalfonte, the Southern Mansion, the Physick ...
Architectural features: This style is distinctly American and paralleled the Arts and Crafts movement that valued handcrafting over industrialization — a pendulum swing from Victorian architecture.
"It really makes the neighborhood unique on a national level," said Domine, "Practically every type of Victorian architecture that would have been prevalent in the late 1800's is on display here." If ...
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (WTNH) — Are you a fan of Victorian architecture? If so, put an upcoming event on your calendar. A one-time trolley tour is planned for Saturday in Stony Creek, near the Soun… ...
It sounds like the craziest episode of House Hunters ever: She loves Victorian architecture, he loves 1950s kitsch. How will they ever compromise on a dream home? The answer is about to be listed for ...