Queen Anne

The end of the nineteenth century brought a boom in industry and wider spread prosperity in the wake of the Civil War.  The most popular style in the last twenty years (1880-1900)  was the Queen Anne.  This was in reaction to High Victorian styles.  The style is really a combination of many styles before it, being mashed together into single structures.  Playing heavily off of Gothic styles, also incorporating Greek Revival, as well as aspects of Middle Eastern styles.

The Queen Anne is a big jump from Colonial styles, becoming much more complex, much larger, and utilizing more material and ornamentation.  The Kneeland-Walker house in Wauwatosa, WI is a prime example of all of these.

A shot from the back of the house shows the scale, being the first 3+ floor house we've looked at, this eludes to the new uses of a house.  These include the addition of servants, added definition to the front vs back aspect of the house.  The front public area is much more open than we've seen, used more for gatherings and social events.  The areas were still able to be segregated when needed by the utilization of pocket doors.

This view of the back also show the wide variety of materials now being used, as follows; Stone foundation, wood paneling, brick, stone lintels, and copper roofing.

The windows also show evidence of the mashing of styles.  The house exhibited these square standard window, but also had Roman arched windows, shown in the front door here.  The front door also emphasizes the increase in grandeur being five feet in width, and roughly 3 inches thick.