Victorian architecture is not a single style but a series of architectural revival styles current in Britain, the United States and elsewhere during the reign of Queen Victoria from 1837 to 1901. Rather than one coherent aesthetic, it names an era in which architects drew eclectically on historic precedent, producing distinct sub styles including Gothic Revival, Italianate, Second Empire, Romanesque Revival and Queen Anne, each of which had its own period of dominance within the era, for example Italianate gaining influence from the 1840s and 1850s while Gothic Revival grew more prevalent by the 1880s. What unifies these otherwise different revival styles under the single Victorian label is a shared emphasis on ornamentation and decorative detail, which rejected the plainer, more restrained classicism of the preceding Georgian period. Because the term covers such a wide range of sub styles across two continents and more than six decades, describing a building as simply Victorian identifies its era rather than any one specific set of forms.
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Gothic Revival is one of the dominant strands within the broader Victorian architectural era.
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George Gilbert Scotts Midland Grand frontage, a flagship of High Victorian architecture.
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Victorian refers to the reign of Queen Victoria (1837-1901), called the Victorian era, during which period the styles known as Victorian were used in construction.
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Victorian refers to the reign of Queen Victoria (1837-1901), called the Victorian era, during which period the styles known as Victorian were used in construction.
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Victorian refers to the reign of Queen Victoria (1837-1901), called the Victorian era, during which period the styles known as Victorian were used in construction.
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the more ornate Victorian Gothic style
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Seymour Lodge is a Victorian Gothic mansion located in Perth Road, Dundee, Scotland.
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Victorian, Gothic
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Victorian
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Late Victorian, Georgian, Late 19th Century Eclectic
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Federal, Late Victorian, Colonial Revival
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Late Victorian, Early Republic
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Greek Revival, Late Victorian
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Late 19th- and 20th-century Revivals, Late Victorian
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Victorian
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Greek Revival, Late Victorian
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Greek Revival, Victorian
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Late Victorian
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Greek Revival, Victorian
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Victorian, Châteauesque
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Stick/Eastlake, Late Victorian
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Green built his expansive home in the Victorian style in 1876 and resided there until 1915.
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Como House is a historical house, with associated gardens in the City of Stonnington, Victoria, Australia.
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A rare surviving example of an American architectural genre-the wooden Victorian beach resort-it was designated a California Historical Landmark in 1970 and a National Historic Landmark in 1977.
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The building may have been again used as a hospital during World War I. Unlike many other Victorian mansions in San Francisco, it survived the 1906 earthquake and the subsequent fires.
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Lot 2 was described as follows: "At the intersection of New South Head Road and Victoria Road is a stone built cottage residence at present occupied by Horbury Hunt Esq. containing hall dining and drawing rooms, 2 bedrooms, servant's room, kitchen, bathroom, boy's room and library." Some time after this Horbury Hunt must have purchased the property as he sold it in his own name in 1902.
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architectural style: Victorian architecture
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Victorian, Italianate
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Mira Monte Inn is an historic Victorian building on Mount Desert Street in Bar Harbor, Maine.
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McCreary House, also formerly known as the Christian Science Society and most recently The Abbey, is an historic Victorian building located at 34 Gurney Street, corner of Columbia Street, in Cape May, New Jersey.
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Saltaire is a Victorian model village near Shipley, West Yorkshire, England, south of the River Aire, Salts Mill was built between the railway and the Leeds and Liverpool Canal.
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Category:Victorian architecture in Iowa
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Victorian refers to the reign of Queen Victoria (1837-1901), called the Victorian era, during which period the styles known as Victorian were used in construction.
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