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Warming Up
1. Have you ever heard about Queen Anne style in architecture?
2. What architectural style was predominant in Britain during Queen Victoria’s reign?
3. Do you know anything about these two British Queens – Victoria and Anne?
4. What characteristic features of Queen Anne style can you name?
5. Do you know any famous representatives of this architectural style?
REIGNING STYLE OF THE INDUSTRIAL AGE
Of all the Victorian house styles, Queen Anne is the most elaborate and the most eccentric. The style is of-
ten called romantic and feminine, yet it is the product of a most unromantic era – the machine age.
Queen Anne became an architectural fashion in the 1880s and 1890s, when the industrial revolution was
building up steam.
North America was caught up in the excitement of new technologies. Factory-made, precut architectural
parts were shuttled across the country on a rapidly expanding train network. Exuberant builders combined these
pieces to create innovative, and sometimes excessive, homes.
In addition, widely published pattern books touted spindles, towers, and other flourishes we associate with
Queen Anne architecture. Country folk yearned for fancy city trappings. Wealthy industrialists pulled out all
stops as they built lavish "castles" using Queen Anne ideas.
Although easy to spot, the Queen Anne style is difficult to define. Many are lavished with gingerbread, but
some are made of brick or stone. Many have turrets, but crowning touch is not necessary to make a house a
queen. So, what is Queen Anne?
Fanciful and flamboyant, Queen Anne architecture takes on many shapes. Some Queen Anne houses are
lavishly decorated. Others are restrained in their embellishments. Yet the flashy "painted ladies" of San Fran-
cisco and the refined brownstones of Brooklyn share many of the same features. There is an element of surprise
to the typical Queen Anne home. The roof is steeply pitched and irregular. The overall shape of the house is
asymmetrical.
Queen Anne architecture is not an orderly or easily classified. Bay windows, balconies, stained glass, tur-
rets, porches, brackets and an abundance of decorative details combine in unexpected ways. Even the history of
the style is bewildering. These homes were built during the age of Queen Victoria. So, why are they called
Queen Anne?
Popular during the time of Britain's Queen Victoria, Queen Anne architecture has little to do with the 18th
century Queen Anne. Moreover, the exuberant style bears little resemblance to the formal architecture, which
was popular during her time.
Rather, British architects borrowed ideas from the earlier medieval era. In the United States, Queen Anne
houses became lofty, sometimes fanciful, expressions of the machine age. From New York to California, rows
of imposing Queen Anne homes stand as monuments to the industrialists who prospered there.
However, Queen Anne flourishes may also be found on less pretentious houses. In American cities, smaller
working-class homes were given patterned shingles, spindle work, extensive porches and bay windows. Many
turn-of-the-century houses are in fact hybrids, combining Queen Anne motifs with features from earlier and
later fashions.
Ironically, the very qualities that made Queen Anne architecture so regal also made it fragile. These ex-
pansive and expressive buildings proved expensive and difficult to maintain. By the turn of the century, Queen
Anne had fallen out of favor. In the early 1900s, architects favored smaller Edwardian ("Princess Anne") and
more austere Colonial Revival styles.
While many Queen Anne have been preserved as private homes, others have been converted into apartment
houses, offices and inns. In San Francisco, flamboyant homeowners have painted their Queen Annes a rainbow

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