Victorian Style

• Second Empire or Napoleon III Style

  • Style during the US presidency of Ulysses Grant (1869-1877)
  • Was sometimes called the Gen. Grant Style in the US
  • Characteristics
  • Eclectic mix of Baroque
  • Mansard roof
  • Low, square-based dome
  • Dormer windows
  • Decorative brackets beneath eaves
• Old City Hall, Boston

  • By Gridley James Fox Bryant and Arthur Gilman
  • One of Washington’s most prominent government buildings of the Gilded Age

  
• Eisenhower Executive Building

  • By Alfred B. Mullet
  • Best extant example of the Second Empire in America

  
• City Hall of Philadelphia

  • By John McArthur Jr. & Thomas Walter
  • Largest municipal building in America

  
• North Bennington Depot

  • Historic railroad station

  
• Stick Style

  • Developed by an American Richard Morris Hunt
  • Wood technology allowing lots of trim detail
  • Architect-designed for people of wealth and standing
  • Characteristics:
  • Steeply gabled complex roofs
  • Half timbering
  • Large sash windows
  • Curved diagonal braces in the porch
  • Extended rafter with brackets
• The Physick House

  • A hallmark example of the Stick Style by Frank Furness
  • Distinguishing features include gigantic upside-down corbelled chimneys, hooded “jerkin-head” dormers, and the huge stick-like brackets on the porch

  
• Queen Anne Style

  • Introduced by Richard Norman Shaw
  • Took inspiration from England, but developed into something uniquely American
  • Romantic and feminine
  • Most elaborate and eccentric of all the Victorian styles
  • Characteristics:
  • Complex roof lines
  • Graceful curves
  • Towers and turrets
  • Lavish wood trims
  • Fish scale shingles
  • Rich, bold paint colors
  • Gingerbread details
• John Steinbeck House

  • By Lawrence Case
  • Was home to American author John Steinbeck

  
• The William Carson Mansion

  • By Newsom & Newsom Architects
  • One of the highest executions of American Queen Anne Style
  • An illusion of grandeur heightened by the play on scale, the use of fanciful detail and the handling of mass as separate volumes

  
• Carpenter Gothic

  • Style for small domestic buildings and small churches
  • Characteristics
  • Lacy barge boards
  • Board and batten siding
  • Pointed arches, steep gables, and towers
  • Scrolled ornaments
• Folk Victorian

  • For simple homes made elaborate with trimmings
  • Middle-class version of Queen Anne
  • Light and airy feel
  • Characteristics:
  • Lacy brackets
  • Spindle balusters
  • Jigsaw cut trim patterns porches
  • Porches
• Romanesque Revival

  • Introduced by an American Henry Hobson Richardson
  • Suited for public buildings, schools, churches and mansions
  • Characteristics:
  • Masonry construction
  • Rustication
  • Heavy and massive appearance
  • Round arches
  • Towers
• Shingle Style

  • Popularized by McKim, Mead & White and Peabody & Stearns
  • Mainly summer cottages for the rich
  • Characteristics:
  • Shingled walls and roof
  • Asymmetrical facade
  • Irregular roof lines
  • Extensive wide proches
  • Emphasis on mass and horizontality
• John Milton Carson House

  • By Newsom & Newsom architects
  • Classic Queen Anne with delicate cornices, graceful turret, and lacey gingerbread trim

  
• Painted Ladies

  • By Matthew Kavanaugh
  • Symbolic of the famous California Gold Rush