Architectural Tutorial: Victorian Style

<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">The Victorian Style is defined as "a style of architecture used in Britain during the reign of Queen Victoria from roughly 1840 to 1900, characterized by massive construction and elaborate ornamentation." The architecture of this era was considered to be a new kind of modernism, which is why it had such instant popularity. People were tired of simplistic residential designs of the past, so the highly decorative features of this era fulfilled their new found love for exquisite design.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">This style is a complex topic because it includes several styles, each with their own distinctive characteristics. Here are just a few of the styles that were conceived in the Victorian Era and their main features:</span></span></div><div><ul><li><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Queen Anne:</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"> most predominate, had gabled roofs, shingles, angled bay windows and sometimes a turret (or tower), open/spacious porches with gingerbread trim, brackets, ornate spindles and spandrels, intricate sawn-wood baluster, fluted columns or turned and painted posts</span></span></li><li><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Italianate:</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"> wings, towers, flat rooflines, corniced eaves, angled bay windows, Corinthian-columned porches & square tower or cupola</span></span></li><li><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Folk Victorian:</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"> plain folks could afford these simple North American home designs, square/symmetrical shape, brackets under the eaves, porches with spindlework or flat, jigsaw cut trim</span></span></li><li><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Stick-Eastlake:</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"> plain, simple & relatively modern, large ornamental truss under the gable eaves of a house, and often included square bays, flat roof lines & free-style decorations</span></span></li><li><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Gothic Revival:</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"> steep rooftops, pinnacles, parapets, leaded glass windows with decorative </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">ornamentation & clover shaped windows</span></span></li><li><i><a href="http://visbeen-associates-architects.blogspot.com/2011/04/architectural-tutorial-shingle-style.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Shingle Style</span></span></a></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">: as defined in our last </span></span><a href="http://visbeen-associates-architects.blogspot.com/2011/04/architectural-tutorial-shingle-style.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">architectural tutorial</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">,</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(85, 85, 85); line-height: 18px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">picturesque or rustic look, with irregular roof lines includ</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">ing </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 14px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">hipped, gabled, or gambrel</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">, </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">free-flowing floor plans, open porches, and less variety in color and materials.</span></span></span></li></ul><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Pictured below are some recognizable designs in the US from the Victorian Era....</span></span></div></div><div><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvMrSBwsLf0D7oEDSgUtUeSodgd8aLvyVyjqGCZi1KTb5rK80Yxui0jC0rdIsGys1P4GbLvmy7jPYlRj22-8QwGR5T_S6YZb-FTOVnrxIW4CY6SPm8tLNwmeJQCr4CszIgnpKoP-Jn61U_/s1600/1-800px-PaintedLadies2010.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608432526805843410" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvMrSBwsLf0D7oEDSgUtUeSodgd8aLvyVyjqGCZi1KTb5rK80Yxui0jC0rdIsGys1P4GbLvmy7jPYlRj22-8QwGR5T_S6YZb-FTOVnrxIW4CY6SPm8tLNwmeJQCr4CszIgnpKoP-Jn61U_/s320/1-800px-PaintedLadies2010.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" /></a><i><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">The<b> "Painted Ladies"</b> in San Francisco, CA. I'm sure all of you Full House fans recognize these architectural gems!</span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "><i><br /></i></span></div></i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWn_X19bmFF4eSzJYe1V8ABjobdEdhrs3BDtIeKmAO6WbZEukJmGxhFF0yexa5i1q945nbRIfPAfXl4G5BwawUanDmlZur-kLJehdM9fUN7SubTn9CIQbiyuVKhXDgolJ2d5iBRFgZ34fG/s1600/2-TwainM_fr.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608432523873722018" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWn_X19bmFF4eSzJYe1V8ABjobdEdhrs3BDtIeKmAO6WbZEukJmGxhFF0yexa5i1q945nbRIfPAfXl4G5BwawUanDmlZur-kLJehdM9fUN7SubTn9CIQbiyuVKhXDgolJ2d5iBRFgZ34fG/s320/2-TwainM_fr.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Mark Twain's House</span></i></b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> in Hartford, CT</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Designed by New York architect Edward Tuckerman Potter, built in 1874</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjClO-FPkKmck7HYH5VEy5PXU-8FmpunymB_-Y5qPerFnY4TUPGvR5lOSo56aKDlY1qLtkgHRaBRsfktRcm4Sc0KSF0CkcGQcjiGrvmDkDOiVlEYeP4-Fbcvd-3Zw9hBCJSlGZlhq0_5XZV/s1600/3-twainhouselibraryed1.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608432516859710866" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjClO-FPkKmck7HYH5VEy5PXU-8FmpunymB_-Y5qPerFnY4TUPGvR5lOSo56aKDlY1qLtkgHRaBRsfktRcm4Sc0KSF0CkcGQcjiGrvmDkDOiVlEYeP4-Fbcvd-3Zw9hBCJSlGZlhq0_5XZV/s320/3-twainhouselibraryed1.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 238px;" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><i>Mark Twain's Library/Conservatory - while residing in this Victorian-style home, he wrote some of his more famous works including The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, The Prince and The Pauper, and </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><i>A Connecticut Yankee in King Aurthur's Court.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><i>Twain said, "To us, our house had a heart, and a soul, and eyes to see us with; and approvals and solicitudes and deep sympathies; it was of us, and we were in its confidence and live in its grace and in the peace of its benediction." </i></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><u><br /></u></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQVNn0NaIrqZzGMOgs_qpf1-H84noYlCT28Zd0-FrHjOUw1dmOxO5grRcyJt9jFas675m6ZTu9NR0GcMIRhuANAoe7bPD-eVo3h8SiwTx6oGndcYnu6wf-su4_M4OYznQRtPVpfKjg5JL5/s1600/5-800px-Carson_Mansion_Eureka_California.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608432205367581202" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQVNn0NaIrqZzGMOgs_qpf1-H84noYlCT28Zd0-FrHjOUw1dmOxO5grRcyJt9jFas675m6ZTu9NR0GcMIRhuANAoe7bPD-eVo3h8SiwTx6oGndcYnu6wf-su4_M4OYznQRtPVpfKjg5JL5/s320/5-800px-Carson_Mansion_Eureka_California.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 216px;" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Carson Mansion</span></i></b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> in Eureka, CA - one of the most written about and photographed Victorian Homes, designed by Samuel & Joseph Newsom which took 100+ men over two years to construct</span></i></div></div><div><br /></div><div>The Victorian Era has inspired <a href="http://www.visbeen.biz/">Visbeen Associates</a>' designs, so here are a few of our Victorian homes....</div><div><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl_Ce0euLdtm7NB3UbceyZ6UGAbFkdjEuhsY3PFPpBgn_EVgBjz2xYChChlRviYdOha98f6tiBWXBAR6nUYU00tHaWA62Pfvqs0YXk01HTQLBP7pqjaSOtn9J1V8eV3XIzNLJC3Cl87Rbo/s1600/6-Winkle_2b.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608432202985741826" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl_Ce0euLdtm7NB3UbceyZ6UGAbFkdjEuhsY3PFPpBgn_EVgBjz2xYChChlRviYdOha98f6tiBWXBAR6nUYU00tHaWA62Pfvqs0YXk01HTQLBP7pqjaSOtn9J1V8eV3XIzNLJC3Cl87Rbo/s320/6-Winkle_2b.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 266px;" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><i>The <b>Belmont</b> </i></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><i>features all the charm of a bygone era combined with the conveniences of modern life. </i></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><i> </i></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><i><br /></i></span></span></span></div></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0usQ1dgulSL-LCyfP7GYrjW5NBb32BiXGlhcPspso4wKR4LzFbmC2IPy9hhv2uZEpqGIdyCdS0kvQAdSp5imi9amw8QRmEnfT10citlNO_9Z9-oLhaIdDn0xlBNmaWapnz0maJfVIAgNk/s1600/7-English+Front+copy.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608432195671379378" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0usQ1dgulSL-LCyfP7GYrjW5NBb32BiXGlhcPspso4wKR4LzFbmC2IPy9hhv2uZEpqGIdyCdS0kvQAdSp5imi9amw8QRmEnfT10citlNO_9Z9-oLhaIdDn0xlBNmaWapnz0maJfVIAgNk/s320/7-English+Front+copy.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 210px;" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="line-height: 115%; "><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Echoes of the 19</span></span></i>^{<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">th</span></span></i>}<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">-century Queen Anne style give this spacious four-bedroom, four-and-a-half bath home called the <b>Brindley</b> </span></span></i></span><span style="line-height: 115%; "><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">its nostalgic charm.</span></span></i></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> </span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></i></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZkHLEYCoBLKwsWvbfrfSe0TnepisaEhCstgQJtYslQ2Nk70HPcogLEK9qwLZFcm6zHAef3FWJhW-TmSZ3zbpb-WCf7xKCdgwyOqNoVPgFF2tcVXUn-zkk2nJysoA1xyTpet4Sq4E5LnSl/s1600/8-Queen+Anne+Cottage.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608432190680940322" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZkHLEYCoBLKwsWvbfrfSe0TnepisaEhCstgQJtYslQ2Nk70HPcogLEK9qwLZFcm6zHAef3FWJhW-TmSZ3zbpb-WCf7xKCdgwyOqNoVPgFF2tcVXUn-zkk2nJysoA1xyTpet4Sq4E5LnSl/s320/8-Queen+Anne+Cottage.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 201px;" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><!--StartFragment--><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family:'Times New Roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><i>Traditional trusses, brick accents and large bay windows give it plenty of character outside to this compact, yet charming <b>Queen Anne style cottage</b></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family:'Times New Roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><i><br /></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family:'Times New Roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><i><br /></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Times New Roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px; font-size:small;"><i>Located in the city of Montegue, MI on White Lake, <a href="http://www.ravenswoodresort.com/"><b>Ravenswood Resort</b></a> will be a community of custom designed waterfront homes. We have a vision of the homes being designed in the Victorian style, so here are a few of the conceptual images we developed for this project.</i></span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1v0TSgORcy5vgGfWzSMrJQmeyI4-UHiBb6TrqTygQxsx1RrFNO5lcVB_JzG0Jt0FBDFRw1DWYET0yy4FvZMuF7DMPgeZzTnW2wKoZT6l2imkFigwT0VyxcHG9SAF37ExrcSMNPSK8igw-/s1600/9-R1.3.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608432182907708130" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1v0TSgORcy5vgGfWzSMrJQmeyI4-UHiBb6TrqTygQxsx1RrFNO5lcVB_JzG0Jt0FBDFRw1DWYET0yy4FvZMuF7DMPgeZzTnW2wKoZT6l2imkFigwT0VyxcHG9SAF37ExrcSMNPSK8igw-/s320/9-R1.3.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 244px;" /></a></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnYDudl6ZngSmTJrUOx5hSVEjjF3JtDneLRLjt8ySTJUoYpe8VfiS9DidtPWpHa1MIUQHchWEF8N1x6dXqG40PYnUWnUzd9F_dX3DfT2f3LBqkDBsKmfnxKRpq7hGLrgFRCXO9-VmCroXR/s1600/10-R1.4.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608431774667676434" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnYDudl6ZngSmTJrUOx5hSVEjjF3JtDneLRLjt8ySTJUoYpe8VfiS9DidtPWpHa1MIUQHchWEF8N1x6dXqG40PYnUWnUzd9F_dX3DfT2f3LBqkDBsKmfnxKRpq7hGLrgFRCXO9-VmCroXR/s320/10-R1.4.jpg" style="display:block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 274px;" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZGCBzfLfztzKfQ9KFwH-EpYe9LBl4KfpA3sIoQZLCEieMLf4yktV_6hLNZUjGxaPUMHJxEgEoi9ornBpDX1YtK-qYTTy9ZynDA8_dPY82vy4gfl4jspAM3sk8S39E0PybKPUboq1_fHZ9/s1600/13-Design+Sketch+6.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608431751574966754" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZGCBzfLfztzKfQ9KFwH-EpYe9LBl4KfpA3sIoQZLCEieMLf4yktV_6hLNZUjGxaPUMHJxEgEoi9ornBpDX1YtK-qYTTy9ZynDA8_dPY82vy4gfl4jspAM3sk8S39E0PybKPUboq1_fHZ9/s320/13-Design+Sketch+6.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 219px;" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhepG86dDe4wCr9wibssL3pqi8lwz0VtjCVsLTeKZ6WRsn7LIF57rI3ZB9VsZWkxhmxZBUk19e8Pbs3pAbl6-sLtE7entHYKsQm1fwmRVcgLSYYERgEhR7Iok-QiJw7uChPCHC-_k0a0v20/s1600/14-Design+Sketch+7.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608431748242129618" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhepG86dDe4wCr9wibssL3pqi8lwz0VtjCVsLTeKZ6WRsn7LIF57rI3ZB9VsZWkxhmxZBUk19e8Pbs3pAbl6-sLtE7entHYKsQm1fwmRVcgLSYYERgEhR7Iok-QiJw7uChPCHC-_k0a0v20/s320/14-Design+Sketch+7.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 179px;" /></a><div><div><div><br /></div><div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;">Sources:</span></span></i></div></div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;">http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Victorian+architecture</span></span></i></div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;">http://www.fredbecker.org/News%20Letter/Vict%20Arch.htm</span></span></i></div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victorian_architecture</span></span></i></div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Painted_ladies</span></span></i></div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;">http://www.erasofelegance.com/arts/victarchitecture.html</span></span></i></div></div></div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;">http://www.marktwainhouse.org/</span></span></i></div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;">http://www.eurekaheritage.org/the_carson_mansion.htm</span></span></i></div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;">http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://aballoon.files.wordpress.com/2010/04/twainhouselibraryed1.jpg&imgrefurl=http://aballoon.wordpress.com/2010/04/13/mark-twain-house-other-news/&usg=__-lMgimJNB8OdG3b7TpC6KyuRzVk=&h=936&w=1259&sz=184&hl=en&start=12&zoom=1&itbs=1&tbnid=MPGy8ulpNO9ehM:&tbnh=112&tbnw=150&prev</span></span></i></div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;">=/search%3Fq%3Dmark%2Btwain%2527s%2Bhouse%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dsafari%26sa%3DX%26rls%3Den%26tbm%3Disch%26prmd%3Divnsm</span></span></i></div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;">&ei=LyDVTcxqxtbRAZj0nZIM</span></span></i></div></div></div>

Architectural Tutorial: Victorian Style

The Victorian Style is defined as "a style of architecture used in Britain during the reign of Queen Victoria from roughly 1840 to 1900...

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Architectural Tutorial: Turret

<span class="Apple-style-span" style=" -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 5px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 5px; font-family:Arial;font-size:-webkit-xxx-large;"><span class="hw" style="font-weight: bold; font-size:12pt;"><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; font-size:13px;"><div class="pseg"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">The school year is back in full swing for the kids, so it's time to start our architectural tutorials back up! Today's lesson - the turret.</span></div><div class="pseg"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></div><div class="pseg"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000066;">definition: tur•ret</span></b></span></div><div class="pseg"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000066;">n</span></i><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000066;"> 1. </span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000066;">a small tower projecting from a building, usually at a corner and often merely ornamental.</span></span></div><div class="pseg"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000066;">(www.yourdictionary.com)</span></span></div><div class="pseg"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></div><div class="pseg"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000066;"></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Here are homes with turrets that </span><a href="http://www.visbeen.biz/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Visbeen Associates</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> has designed:</span></div></span></div></span><div class="pseg"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:small;"><br /></span></div></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq4lSDX3NR6X4yYnHavrCDyEQE7pOZsOJS_8fbZp_b3WYZFUXQMwuBbJaGTh_rJesoJqNv4UVHEaW-STizWHVtDi6uLN1cuOyAgepAZjxTGYsHiS7G1tHSoQUAjS2UMr-EYmjmA6b-7EMe/s1600/_DSF3763.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5526888012328422386" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq4lSDX3NR6X4yYnHavrCDyEQE7pOZsOJS_8fbZp_b3WYZFUXQMwuBbJaGTh_rJesoJqNv4UVHEaW-STizWHVtDi6uLN1cuOyAgepAZjxTGYsHiS7G1tHSoQUAjS2UMr-EYmjmA6b-7EMe/s320/_DSF3763.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 219px;" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 5px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 5px; font-family:Arial;font-size:-webkit-xxx-large;"><span class="hw" style="font-weight: bold; font-size:12pt;"><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; font-size:13px;"><div class="pseg"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:130%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px;font-size:16px;"><br /></span></span></span></div></span></div></span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi0d3sjD_ITnyTzjOFTkXn0fU1WU8yWtPI6Aq3Q-L12dhE1rqkK_uUU-OZNcRRqd91uey7ypUxp0kmZdMYFQ3r2ttrX8k4aSsQ2D_Yge7_yJg-QQMic9oyJVOqHWpbHRulZQ1ZsvRyB8GD/s1600/06.2.02+-+Rendering.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5526888008543510674" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi0d3sjD_ITnyTzjOFTkXn0fU1WU8yWtPI6Aq3Q-L12dhE1rqkK_uUU-OZNcRRqd91uey7ypUxp0kmZdMYFQ3r2ttrX8k4aSsQ2D_Yge7_yJg-QQMic9oyJVOqHWpbHRulZQ1ZsvRyB8GD/s320/06.2.02+-+Rendering.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 242px;" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUBUmSKmpsuk7hRepr4g_2rsyRIvEAQFX5GkyRev20cV8Oz0VsUhtGToSH85r6AAMGHMNhmGxxEhMMo0HuYBaLEptamG0kGlpUUbbmBybQALzXM5t_Yn4eswTdFZeDC63d4nHb7sCZgF8s/s1600/Winkle_2b.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><br /><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5526888000253528322" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUBUmSKmpsuk7hRepr4g_2rsyRIvEAQFX5GkyRev20cV8Oz0VsUhtGToSH85r6AAMGHMNhmGxxEhMMo0HuYBaLEptamG0kGlpUUbbmBybQALzXM5t_Yn4eswTdFZeDC63d4nHb7sCZgF8s/s320/Winkle_2b.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 266px;" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxh-ycHrEa8SkFGLRMq-JV25dUDyIXN8kmYNXSk2CpMoltg13hAqlIx_Ih3w3tAUZmU6jg-Zjq8uRDOK3rRsxgWRJSFh1OBCtrlHH7-jZqQpG6wq65hJmvINPvTuyNOcJU-jdZ-dJK-xqw/s1600/English+Front+copy.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5526888001837375586" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxh-ycHrEa8SkFGLRMq-JV25dUDyIXN8kmYNXSk2CpMoltg13hAqlIx_Ih3w3tAUZmU6jg-Zjq8uRDOK3rRsxgWRJSFh1OBCtrlHH7-jZqQpG6wq65hJmvINPvTuyNOcJU-jdZ-dJK-xqw/s320/English+Front+copy.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 210px;" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtIHrTZNb1gFY9bHnxfyMRWvWUUIboy7W2GtgIYevAd0QEdMDEWW06d3MsExhUnMVbpCyR0syRc__MwF2uERNIpwDFWHspTp_dPE3eXKig7B70ubvvNT0QXTw-92EzvdoJQJyTy4sF3lqp/s1600/English+Waterfront.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5526887989088853986" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtIHrTZNb1gFY9bHnxfyMRWvWUUIboy7W2GtgIYevAd0QEdMDEWW06d3MsExhUnMVbpCyR0syRc__MwF2uERNIpwDFWHspTp_dPE3eXKig7B70ubvvNT0QXTw-92EzvdoJQJyTy4sF3lqp/s320/English+Waterfront.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 224px; height: 320px;" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 5px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 5px; font-family:Arial;font-size:-webkit-xxx-large;"><span class="hw" style="font-weight: bold; font-size:12pt;"><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; font-size:13px;"><div class="pseg"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></div></span></div></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 5px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 5px; font-family:Arial;font-size:13px;"><span class="hw" style="font-weight: bold; font-size:12pt;"><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; font-size:13px;"><div class="pseg"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></div></span></div></span></span>

Architectural Tutorial: Turret

The school year is back in full swing for the kids, so it's time to start our architectural tutorials back up! Today's lesson - the ...

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Belmont Residence

<img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382465485808713186" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBIRi0DbL4t2AHP-WY9hUTtwHUFUPQiodM_P1yr9Gdn3Kk9TQ-88RAchq6ypkSIUdpVd-93kKS_WB_2mn16_SPJAhzlnqsHWiGdDfzFzlDaYtqZfJrc24cor0YZkQxr0oGAe0b_HWxYa9S/s320/Siding+Brochure+0390+-+FINAL.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 290px; height: 320px;" /><div style="text-align: left;">We were excited to see that <a href="http://www.mastic.com/">Mastic Home Exteriors</a> used one of our homes, Belmont (built by <a href="http://www.dehaanhomes.com/">DeHaan Homes</a>), as the cover of their new siding sample binder. Below you can see additional photos and a write up:</div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; "><br /></span></span></div><div><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Verdana"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Packed with farmhouse flair, the Belmont features all the charm of a bygone era combined with the conveniences of modern life. A wide front porch with gingerbread trim leads to a spacious main floor, with an old fashioned parlor as well as a family-style kitchen open to an adjacent dining area and a nearby screen porch. The lower level features a large recreation room as well as a guest bedroom; upstairs you’ll find a master bedroom with an octagonal sitting room as well as three family bedrooms.</span></span></p><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382483441397652258" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaNiasNav2TmtgkMGHVvbH6LLAnv8Hsc4OgTy4bGgCVTURLs8bypDDO2DDLMMl5qrUYWX4K3lqvihmS43IvvvnmOFcb9Xxwcwl3VJx8A9Khu5p4TQSlfTacrrcWx3zlt77RhsCexSQnWYT/s320/Winkle_2b.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 266px;" /><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382483566766056658" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEyQkLYrIdNpIUAViruvYfqj1nXWx4_HYZC8LjUIAXdIK8mVrcHB_SNW9pbMYbtmFBmRXOO45a9n5_xoSEzCdbYKjf857xePSSB3kUtMY-1X66lKbVbxC46QtJdAdJjUMGeuLuqDmXL_jr/s320/Winkle_3c.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" /><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382483312671348354" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSnb_Yj1CkbFS4Pvb0c2VmC8Dvsd0Mxw-0RE0z05Sr8haHMRxpUgz60VSJJjN9pBMOArPAPyUwT8LkHRgx0p8EvDdnxtaLCadmdJJjmMZE5IuLEUVWtEpWoAurgbcyGBC1hWHxdl3ibqTB/s320/Winkle_1b.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 167px;" /></div>

Belmont Residence

We were excited to see that Mastic Home Exteriors used one of our homes, Belmont (built by DeHaan Homes ), as the cover of their new siding...

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