City Directories and History: ca. 1900 – A simple Folk Victorian cottage of the Queen Anne architectural period.
Pyramidal rooflines showcase many Folk Victorian cottages built both with and without its ornate fretwork and brackets. However, the Pyramidal roof shouldn’t be considered the only identifying factor, a great number had gable fronts with ornate gable end porches. Due to the states’ wide employment of railroads, this became a very common model of housing in S.C. during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The Folk Victorian style cottage is a part of the Queen Anne period of architecture and utilizes: Victorian decorative details on simple folk house forms, inspired by Italianate and Gothic Revival details. The use of center front gables is also very common. These decorative elements made the Folk Victorian a very popular and widely used style of architecture across the state and nation.
The widespread availability of heavy machinery in industrial areas, to cut consistent decorative wood patterns, and the use of railroads to easily distribute decorate fretwork, brackets, columns and misc. These decorative elements made the Folk Victorian a very popular and widely used style of architecture across the state and nation.
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