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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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Varieties of Victorian architecture

References

See also

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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, Boston, St. Louis, Galveston, San Francisco, Glasgow, Melbourne, Manchester, Mumbai and New Orleans.
The South End of Boston is recognized by the National Register of Historic Places as the oldest and largest Victorian neighborhood in the United States.^[1][2][3]
The Distillery District in Toronto contains the largest and best preserved collection of Victorian-era industrial architecture in North America.
:''See also'': Georgian architecture.

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.

See also

★ Victorian decorative arts

★ Victorian house

★ Anti-victorianism

External links

★ History and Style of Victorian Architecture and Hardware

★ Manchester, a Victorian City

★ Photographs of Victorian Homes in Hamilton, Ontario Canada