Queen Anne

The Queen Anne style was prevalent from 1880 to 1910 and is an exuberant style.  The asymmetrical forms are emphasized by bay windows, towers, insets, projections, and porches.  Roof lines were most often hipped and steeply sloped. However they could also be gabled.  Queen Anne homes are known for their ornamentation which varies from delicate spindlework to solid classical columns.  Applied swags, garlands, and incised details adorn the patterned shingle facades.

Queen Anne is the second most represented house style in the Christian Hill neighborhood.  Hipped roof examples can be found in the Bigelow-Lepper House at 25 Beech Street (ca. 1890) and the Henry Mylod House at 100 Cottage (ca. 1884).  The cross gabled form can be seen at the Elmer Baker House at 179 Winter Street.  Just across the street is much more sculptural example in the Fales House at 115 Nichols (ca. 1882).  An unusually compact form can be found at the Dexter House at 25 Beacon (ca. 1897).

   Links to houses:

25 Beacon Street – The William W. Dexter House

92 Day Street – The J. Martin Hartshorn House

100 Cottage Street – The Henry B. Mylod House

132-142 Vernon Street – Stockbridge Row

115 Nichols Street – The Frank A. Fales House

179 Winter Street – The Elmer H. Baker House

25 Beech Street – The Erwin A. Bigelow/George Lepper House

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