Victorian

Key Distinguishing Characteristics
"Victorian" is a loose term covering 3 picturesque phases of architecture in America: Early Victorian (1840-1860), High Victorian (1860-1880), and Late Victorian (1880-1890). It is descriptive of an age that encompassed a number of specific exuberant, ornate and highly decorative style.

Other Distinguishing Characteristics

• Hipped roofs hidden behind parapets
• Sash windows
• Asymmetrical façade with emphasis on verticality, often with a front facing gable
• Commonly timber-framed
• Decorative trusses, bracketed posts
• Gingerbread in the form of spindlework
• Finials, textured shingles, carved ornamentation