Folk Victorian?
Staircase on the left of the front door, going up making three turns with two landings, somewhat open in the middle?
Looks like one of the "kit" homes that could be purchased out of the Sears and Roebuck during the turn of the century. They provide the plans, you provide the foundation, and they shipped out the limber and materials. No kidding! Nice homes.
From Diana:
I believe this house would belong in the folk victorian category. The Queen Ann Victorian is a much more eleboratly designed of house usually built by the more affluent society. This house lacks that. In addition I would say it is Folk Victorian Front and wing gabels.
I have been researching victorian designs in order to place our house. I am pretty sure our house is a front gable folk victorian. Gingerbread and Lattice trim our common in folk victorian.
From Lana J. Hunt:
The geometrical shapes about a few of the windows indicate that this house has some Gothic touches to it. But it's pointy roof and simple layout makes it a Folk Victorian, I'm pretty sure of it.
From Alan:
The early twentieth-century house you own is a combination of a house type (interior floor plan) and style (exterior details). Your Queen Anne house type is a good example of the Queen Anne Free Classic style.
Judging from the exterior photo of your house, there is no central hallway. This is typical of the Queen Anne House type (not to be confused with the Queen Anne style which refers to the exterior ornamentation).
The exterior of the house, with its complex roof, wrap-around porch, and gingerbread trim is typical of the Queen Anne style. Your house belongs to a subset known as Queen Anne Free Classic because of the use of classical- in your case Doric- columns for porch support posts. The high style Queen Anne Spindle style houses used elaborately turned spindles for porch supports and balusters instead of classically inspired columns.
From Cate and Ken:
We live in what we think is a Folk Victorian, although it was built in 1930. Our house shared many of this house's details: "choppy", steep-pitched roof line, large porch with pillars, almost the exact same entryway. Our home is more a one and a half story, with not such a definite second story as this one. I would have to vote, yes to this house being a Folk Victorian. Please send some links and more resources on the Folk Victorian Style!
Ed Note: Watch our directory of Victorian architecture for more about the Folk Victorian style.
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