Shades of Blue highlight this San Francisco Victorian home
Lucius B. Mantonya Flats, Chicago
Designed by architect Curd H. Gottig in 1887, the facade is covered with keyhole windows, including seventeen Moorish Revival arches and original leaded blue mosaic glass. Mantonya was a prominent Chicago shoe and boot wholesaler who invested in real estate.
The Frog House in Bielsko-Biała, Poland
Frog House is an example of Art Nouveau architecture in the city of Bielsko-Biała, in southern Poland’s Silesia Province. It features two frogs seated over the entrance, one smoking a pipe and the other playing a mandolin, while beetles roam freely over the walls.
1888 Queen Anne Victorian Bair House in Arcata, California
916 13th Street, Arcata, California, United States
One of California’s premier examples of Queen Anne architecture, the Bair House, built-in 1888 for Dr. Fred Bangs, is attributed to architects Samuel and Joseph Newsom. This is a house of complex rooflines, corner tower, gables, bays, and a richly textured surface of patterned shingles and applied ornamentation. Most notable is the horseshoe entrance and balustrade, lavishly decorated spindlework and Eastlake ornamentation.
The Max Adler House 1879 Victorian eclectic masterpiece that over looks Wooster Square
Vollmer House, San Francisco, built 1876
Upper East Side, Manhattan
Weinhardt Mansion (1888) – Chicago, Illinois, USA – Designed by architect William Ohlhaber
Gamwell House, a Late Victorian era home built in 1892, Fairhaven, Bellingham, Washington
Old house, Canada
All black Victorian with grey marble steps
Early 1900’s Craftsman Home in Seattle
