Victorian architecture
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The term Victorian architecture can refer to one of a number of architectural styles predominantly in the Victorian era. As with the latter, the period of building that it covers may slightly overlap the actual reign of Queen Victoria after whom it is named.
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[edit] History
The Victorian era lasted 64 years, from 1837 to 1901. Greek Revival architecture stretches from the later part of the Colonial era into the beginnings of the Victorian era. Similarly, the Arts and Crafts movement in The United States started a few years before the end of the Victorian era.
[edit] Varieties of Victorian architecture
- British Arts and Crafts movement
- Gothic Revival
- Italianate
- Jacobethan (the precursor to the Queen Anne style)
- Neoclassicism
- Neo-Grec
- Painted ladies
- Queen Anne
- Renaissance Revival
- Romanesque Revival (includes Richardsonian Romanesque)
- Second Empire
- Stick-Eastlake
- Industrial architecture
There are also Folk and Shingle Style Victorian Houses. Please note that the names of architectural styles (as well as their adaptations) varied between countries. Many homes combined the elements of several different styles and are not easily distinguishable as one particular style or another. Highly decorated houses are sometimes called gingerbread houses.
Notable Victorian era cities include London, Galveston, San Francisco, Glasgow, Melbourne, Manchester, Mumbai and New Orleans. Old Louisville, a neighbourhood in Louisville, Kentucky is largest single neighbourhood featuring purely Victorian architecture. It is also unique in that a majority of its structures are made of brick, The homes were built in the Victorian-era styles of Romanesque, Queen Anne, Italianate, among others.
The Distillery District in Toronto contains the largest and best preserved collection of Victorian-era industrial architecture in North America.
- See also: Georgian architecture.
 The California Southern Railroad's San Diego, California passenger terminal, built in 1887. |
 A view of the railroad depot at Disneyland amusement park in Anaheim, California. The building is in the Queen Anne style with mansard roofs, widow's walks, dormers, and a clock tower. |
 An example of the American Queen Anne style in Lebanon, Illinois. |
 A "gingerbread" house. |
 A Victorian house in Alameda, California |
 Melbourne's world heritage Royal Exhibition Building and fountain built in 1880 |
 Rialto buildings, Melbourne, built during the city's land boom of 1888 |
[edit] References
- Dixon, Roger and Muthesius, Stephan. Victorian architecture. Thames & Hudson: 1978. ISBN 0-500-18163-2 .
- Prentice, Helaine Kaplan, Rehab Right, Ten-Speed Press. ISBN 0-89815-172-4, includes descriptions of different Victorian and early 20th Century architectural styles common in the San Francisco Bay Area, particularly Oakland, and detailed instructions for repair and restoration of details common to older house styles.
