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38. Edwardian building at 277 Frederick Street. |
Mister SF's Architecture Primer: No, no, no! For the last time, an Edwardian is not "a Victorian with square bay windows." How did that simplistic and incorrect perception get started, anyhow? The terms "Victorian" and "Edwardian" refer not to styles, but to time periods of architecture, usually demarcated by the death of Queen Victoria in 1901. However, in San Francisco we tend to use 1906 as a general cut-off. Post-1906 architecture represents the start of the Edwardian period, when new houses were generally less ornate than their pre-quake counterparts. The period lasted until 1910, though many sources refer to a window as wide as 1895-1915 as the Edwardian era. As for those square bay windows, the opposite is true. Edwardians usually have slanted bays. San Francisco realtor Ian Berke has published an online guide to San Francisco architectural styles that Mister SF thinks you will find very useful.
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Copyright 2007 Hank Donat |