A residence in Newport, Rhode Island made for William Watts Sherman is cited as the first appearance of this style in the U.S.
A residence in Newport, Rhode Island made for William Watts Sherman is cited as the first appearance of this style in the U.S. That house's designer was the New York architect of the Buffalo State Hospital, Henry Hobson Richardson. The Stick style and another form named for Charles Eastlake were variants of the American school of this style, which was first popularized in England by Richard Norman Shaw. Wrap-around porches with turned spindles, wall masonry in contrasting textures, bay windows, sometimes using stained glass, and prominent, asymmetrical gables and towers were trademarks of houses designed in this decorative style, which replaced the Second Empire and Gothic Revival styles in the late 19th Century. FTP, identify this high Victorian architectural style actually named after a female Stuart monarch.
A residence in Newport, Rhode Island made for William Watts Sherman is cited as the first appearance of this style in the U.S.
{Queen Anne} Style or {Queen Anne} Revival