![]() ![]() The floor plan of this style was typically irregular with rooms of varying size, often radiating off a large entrance area. Predominantly wood frame, many of these houses would have been painted with multiple colors used to “pick out” various decorative elements. ![]() The dominant features are an asymmetrical façade, frequent use towers or turrets, broad areas of shingles-often shaped, ornate bargeboards, and elaborate turned wood porch posts, balusters and newel posts. Once it crossed the Atlantic, the style became distinctly American-particularly in its exploitation of turned wood elements and use of a variety of textures. ![]() The Queen Anne Style, popular in America from 1880-1920, had its roots in the English style of the same name, spread through the use of pattern books and early architectural journals. ![]()
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