With Queen Anne 1880-1910 comes a style that was so popular it is often the style people mean when they use the word Victorian. These houses have varied roof lines. There is at least one local example that includes several gables , a section that is hipped and a tower. The siding is sometimes clapboard but it is shingles that are one of the primary characteristics of Queen Anne. The towers are round or multisided. In this era we find houses with all sorts of window sizes but most are still multipaned double hung. Now stain glass appears used in the home.
One of the substantial changes that appeared with the Queen Anne’s is a front porch big enough to sit on. For the most part asymmetry is the rule . The houses appear highly decorated but it is mostly the varied roofs, textures, trims and colors that give this effect . The use of many different types of shingles is considered a hallmark of the style. One local home is known to have seven different cuts of shingle.

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