stick eastlake style: Victorians in Alameda - Stick-Eastlake style
- 10/28/12 09:46 PM
Victorian in Alameda Stick-Eastlake Style
The striking thing about the Stick-Eastlake Style of Victorian is its angular appearance. There is a pleasing symmetry to the homes. There are straight lines, right angles and stick like applied ornaments adorning Stick homes. The slanted bay windows of the Italianate style are replaced with rectangular box bay windows sometimes topped with fake gables. Compared to the Italianate structures, Stick-Eastlake homes felt almost modern.
The Stick houses were built in the 1880’s and were characterized by a large, ornamental truss under the gable eaves of a house, and square bays, flat … (3 comments)
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