| Styles of Homes: The Victorian Period 1860–1900. Stick 1860–1890. |
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Orientations of structure |
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| Rustic |
Wood |
Vertical |
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| Key features |
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Boards over wall surfaces; exposed trusses; king’s post in
dormer; simple sash windows surrounded by detail on the
façade.
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| Architectural Features |
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| Entrance Door |
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- Simple panel door
- Occasionally a lite in the upper section of the door
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| Shutters |
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- Not commonly used on Stick style, due to multiple decorative boards around windows. Simpler versions may use louvre or panel shutters
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| Garage Door |
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- Extensive detailing with surface material
- Multiple orientations of surface material
- Simple lites
- Layered trim
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| Style Summary |
The Stick style is a transitional style which links the preceding
Gothic Revival with the subsequent Queen Anne; all three styles
are free adaptations of Medieval English building traditions.
Unlike Gothic Revival houses, the Stick style is considered
by some authorities to simply be the wooden version of the
polychromed, or High Victorian Gothic. The emphasis on
patterned wood walls seen in the Stick style was still further
developed in the succeeding Queen Anne style.
The Stick style grew from the Picturesque Gothic ideals of
Andrew Jackson Downing and flourished in house pattern
books of the 1860s and 1870s. Although its proponents lauded
the structural honesty of the style, the visible stickwork, unlike
true half-timbering—was merely applied decoration with no
structural relation to the underlying balloon-frame construction.
During the 1880s, the Stick style was rapidly replaced by the
closely related Queen Anne style, which was to become far
more influential and widespread.
Excerpted from A Field Guide to American Houses, Virginia and
Lee McAlester, Alfred Knopf, New York, © 2000. |
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