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   legacycon | May 02, 2006 06:49pm | #1

   Seems showy even for Qeen Ann, but it's the eye of the beholder.  I certainly respect the craftsmanship if they are shop made.  Nice.

   Glen in Canada

   Custom build, heritage restoration, heritage millwork.
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   fengelman | May 02, 2006 11:44pm | #4

   I'm even more impressed if they were site built

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   dieselpig | May 03, 2006 04:37am | #9

   Is there a difference between a Queen Anne and a Victiorian home, or is the style one in the same?View Image

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   philarenewal | May 03, 2006 05:22am | #10

   I think to put a fine point on it, Queen Anne is a style and Victorian was the era of a lot of revival styles (including Queen Anne).  They all get rolled up into being called Victorian. 

   "Let's get crack-a-lackin"  --- Adam Carolla

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   DougU | May 03, 2006 05:25am | #11

   Often times "victorian" is used interchangeably with the Eastlake, Queen Ann and Rocco periods.

   Doug

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   legacycon | May 04, 2006 12:32am | #13

   Victorian would be considered and Era of Architecture, from about 1825 to the turn of the century.  Within that era are about 9 or 10 different styles that flourished broadly enough to have created their own distinct characteristics.  Often these styles were all muddled together, making distinguising one specific style impossible, in these cases the structure is simply described as "Victorian".

   Queen Anne, Romanesque, Italianate, Second Empire and Gothic Revival are the most common here in Canada.  Basically the designs are a flourish of classical dimentions and proportions but with heavy ornamentation.  Personally I love the weight and power of Romanesque of all the designs of the era.  Queen Anne is certainly a marvel of craftsmanship and flair, but I can't help but be drawn to the foundations of modern design as reproduced in Romanesque.

   What is your favourite design, Victorian or not.  Who out there likes the cookie cutter box, and why do we build them?

   Glen in Canada

    Custom build, heritage restoration, heritage millwork.

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   woodguy99 | May 04, 2006 12:46am | #14

   I'm a big fan of Romanesque architecture too. 

   Diesel's got some nice examples near him--Stonehurst, aka the Robert Treat Paine house in Waltham, and Trinity Church at Copley Square in Boston are two of my favorites. 

   My architecture advisor in college literally wrote the book on Richarson, and she was a big influence on me.

    

   Mike Maines

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   Stuart | May 04, 2006 01:48am | #15

   There are some neat Richardson Romanesque homes around here.  The most famous is probably the J. J. Hill house in St. Paul; this place cost $930,000 to build in the 1890s!

   http://www.mnhs.org/places/sites/jjhh/house.html

   Edited 5/3/2006 6:49 pm ET by Stuart

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   Stuart | May 02, 2006 08:12pm | #2

   Is that house in Minneapolis?  It looks familiar.

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   MGMaxwell | May 02, 2006 08:47pm | #3

   Mary Tyler Moore lived there with Rhoda. Phyllis was their landlady

    

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   Stuart | May 02, 2006 11:59pm | #5

   "Mary Tyler Moore lived there with Rhoda. Phyllis was their landlady"

   Naw, it ain't that one.... :-)  I live about a mile from the MTM house so I know what it looks like.  Interestingly, I understand that to this day sightseers still go by that place, and sometimes they even knock on the door and ask if Mary still lives there.

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   JeffBuck | May 03, 2006 01:45am | #6

   I heard part of her old face still lives there.

    

   Jeff    Buck Construction

    Artistry In Carpentry

        Pittsburgh Pa

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   woodroe | May 03, 2006 02:08am | #7

   Not her face, but a bronze statue throwing the hat downtown at the same place she's throwing it in the opening of the show; outside the IDS tower. (Nothing like a city that knows how to pay attention to important historical figures.)

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   Mongo | May 03, 2006 06:50am | #12

   You drew me out of lurker status to write:"Yer killin' me Jeffy, yer killin' me!"

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   basswood | May 03, 2006 03:34am | #8

   Winona, MN...a block from the Huff/Lamberton Mansion.

   Edited 5/2/2006 8:40 pm ET by basswood

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   basswood | May 05, 2006 05:17am | #16

   Here are a few more pictures of the "Double Dentil" house.

   I think it is a classy Victorian, less showy than some...unless you look closely at the details.

   Understated (for high Victorian), then you look closer and wow!