1 1 3 Architectural Styles Victorian Jesse Sopko

1. 1. 3 Architectural Styles – Victorian Jesse Sopko

Victorian Style ● Most popular in the US between 1860 – 1900 ● In eastern America they typically have 3 stories ● In western America they typically have 1 -2 stories ● ● Materials were usually bricks or local stone and were roofed with slate stone They were originally located in the UK but were brought to America by the British.

• Bay window(window that sticks out of a house, that can have windows on the side of it) • Dentils(Molding going around the house with rectangle holes in it) • Column • Dormer(window that sticks out from the roof that has a roof of its own) • Clapboard siding(wood siding) • Transom(opening window above a door or window) • Turret(small, skinny tower usually at the corner of a building) • Portico(porch with a roof) • Mansard roof(roof with two slopes, and often it is flat on top) Common Features

• • • • British Arts and Crafts movement Gothic Revival Italianate Jacobethan Neoclassicism Neo-Grec Painted ladies Queen Anne Renaissance Revival Romanesque Revival Second Empire Stick-Eastlake Industrial architecture Popular Victorian house styles

Common Examples of Victorian Houses

References • Features of Victorian Style Architecture. (n. d. ). Eastconn. org. Retrieved January 25, 2013, from www. eastconn. org/tah/Features. Of. Victorian. Style. Architecture. pdf • Victorian architecture - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. (n. d. ). Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Retrieved January 25, 2013, from http: //en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Victorian_architecture • Victorian house - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. (n. d. ). Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Retrieved January 25, 2013, from http: //en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Victorian_house