Readers respond to Mystery House #18
Country Queen Anne?
This house is from Geo. F. Barber & Co. and featured in the firm's catalogs from 1893 to about 1908. The design was first built for Clem Tomlinson in Tate Springs, Tennessee. I have run across about ten of these designs still standing. One example [the Nelms House, ca. 1895] in Lovelady, Texas, is featured in Virginia and Lee McAlester's A Field Guide to American Houses. [Illustration #14 in the chapter on Queen Anne]
From Alan Durham:
Your house is a high style Queen Anne Free Classic as evidenced by the complex roof, turret, and wrap-around porch with classical columns on brick piers. The artist rendering is beautiful- Edward Hopper would be proud.
I would caution you about the aluminum (or vinyl siding) on the exterior. When water gets trapped behind the siding, original clapboards and framing beneath are subject to rot and insect infestation. Removing this siding will allow your house to breath and dry out.
From Lana J. Hunt:
Yes, Diane I believe that this house is a country Queen Anne. Hard to tell much from drawings. But the main characteristic was it's domed tower which of course marks a Queen Anne. But I was looking for Gothic influences on your house and failed to really find any. But I do believe it to be Queen Anne.
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