GOTHIC VICTORIAN

BASIC FACTS

• Imitates European cathedrals and castles
• Look like castles, but feel like a farm house with a dressy interior
• Usually have crenelated towers and parapets

MOST COMMON FEATURES

• Arches
• Pointed windows
• Wrap around porches

QUEEN ANNES (BACKGROUND) ARE THE MOST POPULAR VICTORIAN STYLE

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• Gothic Victorians are asymmetrical and have unpredictable floor plans.
• They are also painted in several different colors.

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• Vertical wood frames and batten siding. Gingerbread designs in the gable ends along the roof.
• Gothic Victorians also usually have crenelated towers and parapets.

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• These houses are very elegant
• Include many different colors, wallpapers, and Fabrics

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• Victorian houses are most common in the United Kingdom and were built around the industrial revolution.

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• These houses not only catered the rich and the middle class, but the poor as well.

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• The Gothic Revival style is part of the mid-19th century picturesque and romantic movement in architecture

TRUE OR FALSE:

FALSE

THESE HOUSES WERE BUILT FOR:

• The rich
• The middle class
• The poor
• All of the above

4. ALL OF THE ABOVE

THESE HOUSES WERE POPULAR AROUND

• The 1700's
• The mid 19th century
• Early 2000's

2. MID 19TH CENTURY

SOURCES

• http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/mid-19th_century_p...
• Google.com
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