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Queen Anne

STYLE INFORMATION
Name	Queen Anne
General Range	1876-1915

HISTORIC OVERVIEW OF THIS STYLE
The Queen Anne style typifies the movement to build architecturally elaborate houses in the late 19th century. Changes in building technologies and construction methods contributed to the popularity of the style. For example, more frame elements were mass-produced and could be purchased out of printed catalogs; brickmaking was standardized, reducing the amount of mortar (thus giving brick buildings a darker red color); and increasing availability of slate of varying colors provided opportunities for roof decoration. Complicated roofs were a common feature of the Queen Anne style, including towers, cross-gables, L-shaped houses, octagonal bays that rose to the attic level, and decorative dormers and chimneys. Wall decoration continued the patterns from the Stick style and added brick decorations, rounded and polygonal elements, and polychromatic brick and paint color schemes. Porches were a common decorative feature of Queen Anne houses; they usually had a hipped roof and often wrapped around a front corner of the house; porches often displayed types of details such as gingerbread, spindlework, turrets, decorative balusters, and spandrels. In the very early 20th century, the design of Queen Anne houses shifted as the style was being phased out. Two houses illustrate these changes. The house at 519 West 9th Street, Erie (built 1901), retained some Tudor traits that had been found in Queen Anne (and Shingle Style) house of the very late 19th century, including the rounded bays, simple sprockets supporting the jettied second floor and attic levels, and decorative chimney design. This house represents the transition from the Queen Anne to the Tudor Revival style. The house at 36 South Street, Union City (built 1906), exemplifies the transition to the Colonial Revival style; it has a Queen Anne style massing but Colonial Revival details. The Queen Anne features include the front gabled pavilion, hipped dormer, and 2-story bays; the Colonial Revival features include the Palladian window on the pavilion, the use of a frieze board below the eaves, and a streamlining of the overall decorative approach.

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HISTORIC RESOURCES OF THIS STYLE
Municipality	Historic Name	Address
Albion Borough		45 MARKET ST
Albion Borough		15 W PEARL ST
Albion Borough		19 W PEARL ST
Albion Borough		43 S MAIN ST
Albion Borough		15 THIRD AVE
Albion Borough		47 E PEARL ST
Albion Borough		118 W STATE ST
Albion Borough		178 E PEARL ST
Albion Borough		26 N MAIN ST
Albion Borough		46 FIRST AVE
Albion Borough		69 FRANKLIN ST
Amity Township		13337 JUVA RD
City of Corry		215 CONCORD ST
City of Corry		231 NORTHWEST ST
City of Corry		520 N CENTER ST
City of Corry		642 N CENTER ST
City of Corry		325 SPRING ST
City of Corry		331 EUCLID ST
City of Corry		170 WRIGHT ST
City of Corry		36 W SMITH ST
City of Corry		51 E FREDERICK ST
Cranesville Borough		10428 CRANE ST
Edinboro Borough	Greenfield, Frank Hse	118 ERIE ST
Edinboro Borough		300 ERIE ST
Elk Creek Township		10455 MEADVILLE RD
Elk Creek Township		10456 MEADVILLE RT 18 RD
City of Erie		519 W 9 ST
City of Erie		516 W 9 ST
City of Erie		412 W 10 ST
City of Erie		916 MYRTLE ST
City of Erie		660 E 21 ST
City of Erie		1042 W 10 ST
City of Erie		915 E 23 ST
City of Erie		649 W 9 ST
City of Erie		658 W 8 ST
City of Erie		354 E 17 ST
City of Erie		823 LIBERTY ST
City of Erie		901 W 8 ST
City of Erie		302 W 21 ST
City of Erie		602 W 10 ST
City of Erie		905 W 7 ST
City of Erie		952 W 8 ST
City of Erie		927 W 8TH ST
City of Erie		335 W 8 ST
City of Erie		1051 W 9 ST
City of Erie		420 W 9 ST
City of Erie		361 W 5 St
City of Erie		327 E 8 ST
City of Erie		262 W 3 ST
City of Erie		914 W 10TH ST
City of Erie		1052 W 10 ST
City of Erie		802 W 8 ST
City of Erie		1156 W 9 ST
City of Erie		536 W 10TH ST
City of Erie		702 E 22 ST
City of Erie		345 W 7 ST
City of Erie		626 28W 4 ST
City of Erie		812 W 7 ST
City of Erie		711 13 MYRTLE ST
City of Erie		720 E 26 ST
City of Erie		444 W 7 ST
City of Erie		450 52E 26 ST
City of Erie		349 E 8 ST
City of Erie		1201 W 9 ST
City of Erie		2112 GREENGARDEN
City of Erie		563 W 8 ST
City of Erie		354 W 7 ST
City of Erie		331 E 12 ST
City of Erie		536 W 10TH ST
City of Erie		920 E 21 ST
City of Erie		701 W 8TH ET 804 POPLAR ST
City of Erie		621 23W 10 ST
City of Erie		138 W 20 ST
City of Erie		1319 W 10 ST
City of Erie		2223 CASCADE ST
City of Erie		719 S PARK AVE
City of Erie		518 W 9TH ST
City of Erie		2708 ELMWOOD AVE
City of Erie		656 W 9 ST
City of Erie		820 W 25 ST
City of Erie		2688 CHESTNUT ST
City of Erie		2722 PLUM ST
City of Erie		2657 POPLAR ST
City of Erie		944 E 25 ST
City of Erie		807 W 9 ST
City of Erie		2617 PEACH ST
City of Erie		326 E 21 ST
City of Erie		2108 GERMAN ST
City of Erie		1062 W 9 ST
City of Erie		811 E 24 ST
City of Erie		1103 W 10 ST
City of Erie		1209 W 8 ST
City of Erie		923 CRANBERRY ST
City of Erie		619 LINCOLN AVE
City of Erie		310 12W 21 ST
City of Erie		2421 CHESTNUT ST
City of Erie		248 SCOTT ST
City of Erie		1019 W 21 ST
City of Erie		2967 PEACH ST
City of Erie		254 W 9 ST
City of Erie		455 E 9 ST
City of Erie	Downing-Galbraith House	259 W 6 Street
City of Erie	Watson-Curtze Museum	356 West 6th Street
City of Erie		318 W 6 ST
City of Erie		337 W 6 ST
City of Erie		216 W 7 ST
City of Erie		512 W 6 ST
City of Erie		547 W 6TH ST
City of Erie		232 W 21 ST
City of Erie		256 58W 21 ST
City of Erie		209 W 21 ST
City of Erie		445 W 6TH ST
City of Erie		252 W 21 ST
City of Erie		259 W 21 ST
City of Erie		221 W 21 ST
City of Erie		541 E 6 ST
City of Erie		446 50W 9 ST
City of Erie	Judah Colt Spencer House	519 West 6th Street
City of Erie		W 6 ST
City of Erie		215 17W 21 ST
City of Erie		513 E 6 ST
City of Erie		517 E 6 ST
City of Erie		559 W 10TH ST
City of Erie		557 W 8 ST
City of Erie		817 819 RASPBERRY ST
City of Erie		1310 BUFFALO RD
City of Erie		1240 E 21 ST
City of Erie		918 E 22 ST
City of Erie		301 W 8 ST
City of Erie		1011 CASCADE ST
City of Erie		918 W 8 ST
City of Erie		1042 W 8 ST
City of Erie		1045 W 8 ST
City of Erie		817 19W 9 ST
City of Erie		401 PEACH ST
City of Erie	Olds Houses	333 W 6 St
City of Erie		556 W 8 ST
City of Erie		535 E 10 ST
City of Erie		304 W 10 ST
City of Erie	Valentine D. Eichenlaub House	10 W 26 ST
City of Erie		1202 04W 26 ST
City of Erie		526 PLUM ST
City of Erie		621 E 6 ST
City of Erie		302 W 7 ST
City of Erie		754 E 11 ST
City of Erie		612 14 HESS AVE
City of Erie		443 W 4TH ST
City of Erie		342 44W 9 ST
City of Erie		361 W 7 ST
City of Erie		629 W 10 ST
City of Erie		608 610E 10 ST
City of Erie		426 E 6 ST
City of Erie		634 E 10 ST
City of Erie		809 11 CHESTNUT ST
City of Erie		438 W 7 ST
City of Erie		301 W 5TH ST
City of Erie		3015 PEACH ST
City of Erie		502 PARADE ST
City of Erie		447 E 6 ST
City of Erie		323 W 8 ST
City of Erie		107 09E 10 ST
City of Erie		320 W 7 ST
City of Erie	St. Stanislaus Church	516 E 13 Street
City of Erie		536 W 7 ST
City of Erie		821 MYRTLE ST
City of Erie		821 23 CHESTNUT ST
City of Erie		615 17 WALNUT ST
City of Erie		518 20W 8TH ST
City of Erie		911 W 6TH ST
City of Erie		440 W 10 ST
City of Erie		946 W 9 ST
City of Erie		549 E 29 ST
City of Erie		339 W 21 ST
City of Erie	Sigsbee Reservoir	West 26 & Sigsbee Streets
Fairview Township		6811 OLD RIDGE RD
Fairview Township	A. F. Dobler Mansion	8340 W RIDGE RD
Franklin Township		9565 EUREKA RD
Girard Borough		407 MAIN ST
Girard Borough		148 MYRTLE ST
Girard Borough		29 PENN AVE
Girard Borough		37 PENN AVE
Girard Borough		122 PENN AVE
Girard Borough		318 RICE AVE
Girard Borough		235 MAIN ST
Girard Borough		230 PENN AVE
Girard Borough		501 RICE AVE
Girard Borough		218 OLIN AVE
Girard Borough		29 MECHANIC ST
Girard Borough		159 MAIN ST
Girard Township		10681 MAIDEN LN
Girard Township		4285 ELK PARK RD
Girard Township		4211 ELK PARK RD
Girard Township		4255 ELK PARK RD
Lake City Borough		2136 LAKE ST
Lake City Borough		1826 LAKE ST
Millcreek Township		1026 WILKINS RD
Millcreek Township		5736 CHERRY ST
Millcreek Township		4711 LAKE PLEASANT RD
Millcreek Township		2613 W LAKE RD
Millcreek Township		4641 DORCHESTER DR
Millcreek Township		4324 W 38 ST
North East Borough		25 ROBINSON ST
North East Borough		49 N LAKE ST
North East Borough		79 S LAKE ST
North East Borough		47 N LAKE ST
North East Borough		41 ROBINSON ST
North East Borough		35 POPLAR ST
North East Township		10312 E LAKE RD
North East Township		11533 MIDDLE RD
Union City Borough		17 BRIDGE ST
Union City Borough	Blystone Ppty	62 W HIGH ST
Union City Borough	Gordon Residence	59 E HIGH ST
Union City Borough	Layden Residence	50 W HIGH ST
Union City Borough		36 SOUTH ST
Union City Borough		33 W HIGH ST
Waterford Borough	Seth, Jerome & Claire Ppty	236 E 2 ST
Wesleyville Borough		2030 WATER ST
Wesleyville Borough		2703 BUFFALO RD
Wesleyville Borough		3503 EDISON AVE