When you find yourself in the shadow of a classic Victorian home, you may struggle to zero in on a singular decorative focal point—but that's kind of the whole idea. The very mantra of this ...
When I bought a house in my dream Washington, D.C., neighborhood, the house-hunting options were basically Victorian, Victorian, or Victorian. Nearly every rowhouse is some variation on Victorian ...
As the name suggests, Victorian design originated in the United Kingdom during the time of Queen Victoria’s reign, which lasted from 1837 to 1901. During this period, England was home to a growing ...
Walking down State Street in 1890, you would have a hard time finding a single Spanish-style building. Everywhere you looked, painted wood siding and intricate moldings would catch your eye with ...
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (WTNH) — Are you a fan of Victorian architecture? If so, put an upcoming event on your calendar. A one-time trolley tour is planned for Saturday in Stony Creek, near the Sound in ...
An abandoned gas station in the desert, a decaying sanitorium out among the pines, a raggle-taggle mansion with its shutters hanging off, old forgotten passages tunneled beneath a city — when viewed ...
Victorian architecture is among the most distinguishable styles of homes. The Victorian Era saw a resurgence of several historical architecture styles—the most prominent being Gothic Revival, ...
Every state and region in the United States has a range of popular residential architecture styles. These styles evolved over years of migration patterns, international settlements, and building to ...
I've seen many a beautiful kitchen in my time, but this one might just take the cake. It's got everything you could want, or at least, everything I could want: beautiful period detailing, rich wooden ...
“Don’t forget to speak scornfully of the Victorian Age, there will be time for meekness when you try to better it.” With that challenging epigraph borrowed from James M. (Peter Pan) Barrie, a ...