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Victorian architecture is reflective of French,
British and American architectural styles that transitioned the 19th and 20th
Centuries Second Empire, Romanesque Revival, Queen Anne and Stick &
Shingle designs. Featuring varied roof lines, applied ornament, complex
cornices and contrasting paint applications, structures had a unique flavor
that easily flowed across the country and the world. Victorian design is a
reflection of what many Americans felt about themselves at the end of the 19th
Century substantial, prosperous and very sure of their place in the world a
visual statement easily distinguishable in today's design.
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