1. 1.1.3 Architectural Styles – Victorian Jesse Sopko

2. Victorian Style Most popular in the US between 1860 – 1900
In eastern America they typically have 3 stories
In western America they typically have 1-2 stories
Materials were usually bricks or local stone and were roofed with slate stone
They were originally located in the UK but were brought to America by the British.

3. Bay window(window that sticks out of a house, that can have windows on the side of it)
Dentils(Molding going around the house with rectangle holes in it)
Column
Dormer(window that sticks out from the roof that has a roof of its own)
Clapboard siding(wood siding)
Transom(opening window above a door or window)
Turret(small, skinny tower usually at the corner of a building)
Portico(porch with a roof)
Mansard roof(roof with two slopes, and often it is flat on top)
Common Features

4. Popular Victorian house styles
British Arts and Crafts movement
Gothic Revival
Italianate
Jacobethan
Neoclassicism
Neo-Grec
Painted ladies
Queen Anne
Renaissance Revival
Romanesque Revival
Second Empire
Stick-Eastlake
Industrial architecture
Popular Victorian house styles

5. Common Examples of Victorian Houses

6. References
Features of Victorian Style Architecture. (n.d.). Eastconn.org. Retrieved January 25, 2013, from
Victorian architecture - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. (n.d.). Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Retrieved January 25, 2013, from
Victorian house - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. (n.d.). Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Retrieved January 25, 2013, from