Late Queen Anne in Los Gatos, California. Emerging from English Queen Anne style in the 1870s, American Queen Anne developed its own distinctive characteristics and remained popular into the 20th century.
The style often incorporated features like the scalloped shingles combined with clapboard siding, wrap-around porches, towers, bay windows, and varied window shapes. This late example has many of the character-defining features of the 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.
More than 50 color photos illustrate the Queen Anne style in Chapter 2 of “Restoring Your Historic House, The Comprehensive Guide for Homeowners.”
Signed and personalized copies of the award-winning and bestselling 720-page hardcover book are available directly from the author in our online shop at YourHistoricHouse.com/shop/.
Select restoration and preservation titles by other authors are also available in our shop including Virginia McAlester’s classic “A Field Guide to American Houses.”
“Restoring Your Historic House” is also available in bookstores nationwide and from online retailers.
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