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Folk Victorian is an architectural style employed for some homes in the United States and Europe between 1870 and 1910, though isolated examples continued to be built well into the 1930s. [1] Folk Victorian homes are relatively plain in their construction but embellished with decorative trim. [ 2 ]
In his book on folk architecture in north-central Missouri, Marshall devotes nine pages to the I-house after investigation of close to 100 old houses in the “Little Dixie” region of Missouri. [6] He calls the I-house the “Farmer’s Mansion.” It is the Southern-style house sought by a middle-class planter, a symbol of his success.
Residences in Cottage Home are typified by spindlework porches, turned posts, gable ornaments, variegated and fishscale shingling and gingerbread trim, features often found in Queen Anne and Folk Victorian homes. These types of detailing were placed on simple folk homes as an inexpensive way to provide varied design and personalization. This ...
The Benjamin and Anna Niedermeier home of Berlin Township was built in 1893 and is an example of Victorian Folk architecture. ... “You can look at a lot of homes and find history in them.” ...
Summit Avenue in Saint Paul, Minnesota, has the longest line of Victorian homes in the country. Over-The-Rhine in Cincinnati, Ohio, has the largest collection of early Victorian Italianate architecture in the United States, [11] [12] [13] and is an example of an intact 19th-century urban neighborhood. [14]
The dogtrot, also known as a breezeway house, dog-run, or possum-trot, is a style of house that was common throughout the Southeastern United States during the 19th and early 20th centuries. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Some theories place its origins in the southern Appalachian Mountains .
Pages in category "Folk Victorian architecture in the United States" The following 21 pages are in this category, out of 21 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Folk Victorian architecture (1 C, 3 P) G. Gothic Revival architecture in the United States (8 C, ... Victorian house; New World Queen Anne Revival architecture;