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Victorian Worker's Cottage Folk Victorian 1870-1910 |
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Galveston, Texas | Galveston, Texas | |
Mass production and modern shipping methods
meant that nearly every location in the country had access to decorative
architectural add-on features. With all the gingerbread and spindles
available, some Folk Victorian houses suggest Gothic Revival or Queen Anne,
but they are simple square, or rectangular designs that have extras nailed
on to them, rather than the more irregular shapes of these fancier styles. Folk Victorian houses usually have many of these features: Square, symmetrical shapes Brackets under the eaves Porches with spindle work or flat, jigsaw cut trim Some Folk Victorian homes also have these features: Carpenter Gothic details Low-pitched, pyramid shaped roofs Front gables and side wings |
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This is a common, "vernacular" residential
style that was built in working-class neighborhoods from the 1860s untill
the First World War. ![]() Common characteristics are: -one-and-a-half stories, set atop a raised basement -rectangular floor plan -ornament restricted to around windows and beneath the roof line (cornice) -front-facing gable roof |
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