Victorian house

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There is technically no such thing as a Victorian house except when used to describe a house owned by a Victorian-era person, in which case it would be a Victorian's house.

Although the general public often incorrectly refers to a Victorian era house as a Victorian "style" house, Victorian era refers to a time period and not to a style. Although architectural historians generally agree that there are about eight primary architectural styles prominent in the United States and Canada during the Victorian era, Victorian-era residential architecture in the United States and Canada was a procession of styles borrowed from every country and every era in history.

Victorian-era homes can be one, two, or three stories high, with the homes in Eastern US cities tending to be three stories and homes in Western US cities more typically two-story homes or one-story cottages. In some regions of the US, Victorian-era homes may have an octagonal or rounded tower and a wraparound porch. The Victorian era-house shown in the picture has curved glass windows in the tower. This may be typical to specific regions of the country, but is not representative of a typical Victorian era-home in all regions.

Multi-colored Victorian era houses in San Francisco are known as Painted Ladies.

[edit] Further reading

• Larsen, Michael; Elizabeth Pomada, Photographs by Douglas Keister (1987). Daughters of Painted Ladies: America's Resplendent Victorians. New York: E. P. Dutton. ISBN 0-525-48337-3. 

[edit] External links

• Victorian era architecture in San Francisco, California
• The Haas-Lilienthal House, the only Victorian era house museum in San Francisco, California
• Victorian era architecture and history in Buffalo, New York
• History and Style of Victorian Architecture and Hardware
• Manchester, a Victorian City
• Photographs of Victorian Homes in Hamilton, Ontario Canada