Whittier, CA
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Queen Anne
Character Defining Features:
- One, two and three stories;
- Irregular plans and asymmetrical massing;
- Hipped, gabled or combination of roof forms;
- Abundant use of spindle work, patterned masonry, and decorative millwork detailing;
- Horizontal wood, shingle, fish scale or a combination of these siding styles;
- Wrapped porches;
- Bay windows, oriels or corner towers (corner towers may be lacking in one-story cottages);
- Narrowly proportioned double hung wood windows. Later houses may have curved windows in towers; and,
- Leaded and colored glass often used in transoms.
Folk Victorian
Character Defining Features:
- One and two stories in height;
- Rectangular or L-shaped plans;
- Moderately or steeply pitched roofs;
- Horizontal wood siding;
- Decorative wood shingles and/or verge boards within the front gables;
- Porches with turned wood posts, spindle work; and,
- Tall, narrow wood windows.
Window Examples
Door Examples
Siding Examples
Fish Scale Shingles
Lap Siding
Horizontal Wood Siding
Wood Shingle Siding