A wonderful Queen Anne style house in Talladega, Alabama.
The Queen Anne style often featured complex roof forms with multiple gables and dormers projecting from a main hipped roof, as on this example. Other common features can include porches on several stories, elaborate trim, bay windows, and both shingle and clapboard siding.
The panelized treatment of the bay window and gable on this house relates it to the Stick Style variation of the Queen Anne style.
Understanding the style of a house is the essential first step in developing a restoration plan that prioritizes the preservation and restoration of character-defining features while making changes necessary for modern life in an old house.
Queen Anne is one of the 25 styles and types illustrated in Chapter 2 of Restoring Your Historic House, The Comprehensive Guide for Homeowners.
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Want to learn more about historic house styles? “A Field Guide to American Houses” by Virginia McAlester is the classic volume on the subject and is available in our shop.
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