Victorian Style Houses

1. Victorian Style Houses

2. Victorian Houses • A Victorian house generally means any house built during the reign of Queen Victoria (1837—1901).

3. Victorian style houses can be recognized by their many complex shapes, multicolored walls, lots of textures, and really steep roofs. Also, the architects liked to add lots of doodads and decorations to make the outside look cool. Some other characteristics of Victorian houses are bay windows, stairs to the front door, and cone shaped towers. If you have ever been to San Francisco, you know that many of these houses were built side to side on steep streets. They can do this because most Victorian houses are very narrow and tall, usually two or three stories.

4. One of the best places in the United States to find examples of Victorian architecture is San Francisco. The houses seem to fit well into the landscape of steep hills with houses crammed up against each other. Victorian style houses were often built narrow and tall. That way, they could easily be lined up side to side.

5. Victorian houses have many steps up to the front door

6. They are designed with many shapes put together

7. They have steep roofs

8. Victorian Houses can be very colorful

9. They have many decorations on the outside

10. Victorian Houses have many windows