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Victorian architecture is a series of architectural revival styles in the mid-to-late 19th century. Victorian refers to the reign of Queen Victoria (1837–1901), called the Victorian era , during which period the styles known as Victorian were used in construction.
Victorian houses are also found in many former British colonies where the style might be adapted to local building materials or customs, for example in Sydney, Australia and Melaka, Malaysia. The Victorian Society is a membership charity which campaigns for Victorian architecture.
Victorian architecture is a series of architectural revival styles in the mid-to-late 19th century. Victorian refers to the reign of Queen Victoria (1837–1901), called the Victorian era, during which period the styles known as Victorian were used in construction. However, many elements of what is typically termed "Victorian" architecture did ...
The former House and School of Industry at 120 West 16th Street in New York City Simon C. Sherwood House (1884), Southport, Connecticut. The British 19th-century Queen Anne style that had been formulated there by Norman Shaw and other architects arrived in New York City with the new housing for the New York House and School of Industry [3] at 120 West 16th Street (designed by Sidney V ...
Styles of Victorian architecture — the different architectural styles of the Victorian Era (circa 1840s-1900). Subcategories. This category has the following 10 ...
Many others had the Victorian décor stripped off or covered with tarpaper, brick, stucco, or aluminum siding. In 1963, San Francisco artist Butch Kardum began combining intense blues and greens on the exterior of his Italianate-style Victorian house. His house was criticized by some, but other neighbors began to copy his example.
An example of the Eastlake Style in Glendale, California. The Eastlake movement was a nineteenth-century architectural and household design reform movement started by British architect and writer Charles Eastlake (1836–1906). The movement is generally considered part of the late Victorian period in terms of broad antique furniture designations.
Norman Shaw Buildings, Victoria Embankment, Westminster.North Building, 1887 (right); South Building, 1902 (left) British Queen Anne Revival architecture, also known as Domestic Revival, [1] is a style of building using red brick, white woodwork, and an eclectic mixture of decorative features, that became popular in the 1870s, both for houses and for larger buildings such as offices, hotels ...