1.1.3 Architectural Styles – Victorian Jesse Sopko

1. 1.1.3 Architectural Styles – Victorian Jesse Sopko

2. 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.

3. 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

4. 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

5. Common Examples of Victorian Houses

6. References • Features of Victorian Style Architecture. (n.d.). Eastconn.org. Retrieved January 25, 2013, from www.eastconn.org/tah/FeaturesOfVictorianStyleArchitecture.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