The Eastlake/stick-inspired Queen Anne
Charles Eastlake was a furniture designer and author in the latter half of the 19th century. He favored houses with decorations that were more functional than on the Italianates and Gothic Revivals of the previous decades. The "Eastlake" term refers to the decorations ON the houses, not to the particular style itself, but most often these type of decorations were applied to the Stick style. They also were applied to some early Queen Annes.
Decorations for houses were now made by mechanical processes. Porch posts and railings were turned on a lathe, giving a "heavy-legged" look to them. Most all decorations were of geometrical shapes, the most popular being the horizontal or vertical planks placed on the exterior walls. Another feature was the rectangular bay windows, sometimes stacked, giving the house a similar look as the Italianates.These houses were mostly from the 1880s.
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Townsend, Washington
We considered briefly buying this one when we were looking for a home back in 1999. It was for sale for $289,000 at the time, but the real estate agent told us it'd need another $100,000 of work. It's so nice, though, and on a good-sized lot. I hope someone finally bought it and is taking care of it! It was built in 1888, by Elias DeVoie as a showplace for the DeVoie masonry business. It's rare to construct a house from brick here, since the local brick was soft. But, it was still made of brick, then stuccoed over, then "faux-painted" over, with raised and painted ridges, to simulate the brick that actually existed underneath! |
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Astoria,
Oregon
A couple of beautiful ones in Astoria. The second one is the Benjamin Young Inn which I got to tour a few months back. It is awesome inside, with original mouldings and great woodwork! If you ever are considering a stay at an Astoria Inn, this is the one I'd most recommend.
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This is the house we almost bought! Our choice was between this and the one we did get. This one was so tempting - with 3 floors, 7 bedrooms, a spectacular staircase.... and not that much more expensive than ours. But... there was only one bathroom and no off-street parking. That's what it came down to, really. Not very Victorian of us, but we went with the modern-day comfort factor! | |
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Albany, Oregon I had heard that Albany had a good-sized collection of Victorian homes, so we decided to check it out once while driving up the 5 freeway. It took us awhile to find them - you have to drive west through the ugly, modern part of the city filled with strip malls and fast-food places. Then, you turn off the main road and there's a whole cluster of the houses to your right. I wish I had had more film in my camera, but here are a couple of my favorites. These two look almost like they were built by the same people, they have such a similar layout. Albany did not appeal to me much. Nice houses, but the Victorian area seemed to have a tired, run-down feel to it, and it was just located too close to the modern world. The first house was built in 1889 for John Ralston, who came to Oregon from Indiana in 1847 with his family via the Oregon Trail. He eventually became an insurance salesman. The second house was built in 1888 by George Hochstedler, co-owner of the Hochstedler & Sears Planning Mill, for $6,000. |
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Ashland, Oregon My sister and her husband moved to the Ashland/Medford area of southern Oregon a few years ago. This summer (2003) we finally got to drive down there and visit them. I've heard so much from various sources about how wonderful Ashland was, and how many Victorians there were. There were quite a few, and a nice-looking historical downtown too. However, it really must be the most expensive area in all of Oregon to live. The wonderful downtown buildings house trendy, pricey, yuppie-ish shops and restaurants. The houses sell for $600,000 - $1,000,000 (and maybe more). Anyhow, here are three houses with a similar look to them. Notice on the third house, how putting modern windows on an old house can make it look a bit weird. |
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Not quite sure what style this is, plus it's a bit hard to see behind those trees! I'll just put it here with the other Ashland ones for now. | |
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I snuck up a long flight of step to get this one! It has kind of a gothic cottage look to it. | |
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Found this one up a hill on a narrow street. Isn't it nice? It's the "Winchester Inn", built on Main St. in 1886 by Fordyce Roper, a merchant who came up from San Francisco. In 1906 it was converted into a hospital, and then in 1910 was moved (with only one horse dragging it) to its present location on 2nd St. After spending time as a sanitarium, a boarding house, and then low-rent apartments, it became an Inn in 1983. I want to stay there! | |
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Medford, Oregon Medford doesn't appear to be too old of a town, and I didn't see many Victorians. Much more Craftsman-style homes here. Here's one cute Victorian I found near the older downtown area. Another one, up the street from it can be found on the Queen Anne page. |
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Eureka, California Never can resist a pink house. |
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Petaluma, California Petaluma wasn't a scheduled stop during our 2007 road trip, but we had reached the end of the day and were looking for a cheap motel. Note: Petaluma has none. But while we were looking, we found a treasure trove of Victorians! More on the other pages, too. Seemed like a very upscale town, touristy historic downtown area too. |
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San Francisco, California A pretty one in Pacific Heights. |
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This unusual one in Laurel Heights looks like a little castle.
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A large corner one in
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San Diego, California In northern San Diego there's an area called "Old Town" with a lot of touristy Spanish-style structures, and businesses. In the midst of that is a park where they have moved a bunch of Victorian homes, which were rescued from demolition after a post-WW2 building boom in San Diego, and have called it "Heritage Park". They each have shops inside, like a dollhouse shop, bridal shop, bed & breakfast inn, etc. The first house here is called the Sherman-Gilbert House, and it's from 1887. Popular architects of the time Nelson Comstock and Carl Trotsche designed it. The second house is also from 1887 and is called the Bushyhead House, for Edward Wilkerson Bushyhead, sheriff, chief of police, and San Diego Union newspaper owner. He was also part Cherokee Indian, and had marched in the "Trail of Tears" when he was 6 years old.
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One I spied off the freeway while we were driving through San Diego. |
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