Queen Anne: 1880 to 1910

The Queen Anne style is a decoratively rich style that typically features an asymmetrical composition combining a variety of architectural forms including porches, towers, turrets, gables, bays, chimneys and other projections. The exterior is further enlivened by contrasting surface textures, materials, and colors.

Examples Found in Belmont

69 Waverley Street, 1890

69 Waverley Street

Located at the southwest corner of Waverley Street and Cambridge Street, 69 Waverley Street (PDF) is a well-preserved example of the Queen Anne style. Typical of the style, it blends wood clapboards with decorative wood shingles including scalloped, sawtooth and angled designs and a profusion of other millwork including a decorative belt course between the stories, matching raking trim and porch trim and brackets, trusses and spindlework in the various gables.

Wilbert Bartlett House, 1895 | 90 School Street

90 School Street

Located at the northeast corner of School and Myrtle Streets, 90 School Street (PDF) is a well-preserved 2 ½-story Queen Anne-style dwelling displaying an asymmetrical massing and mix of decorative details that are typical of the style. Set on a mortared stone foundation, the first floor is clad in a combination of wood clapboards and wood shingles with wood shingles covering the upper stories. The core of the house consists of a side-gabled mass with pediment ends.

William W. Lowe House, 1895 | 96 School Street

96 School Street

Although the decorative details differ somewhat, this 2 ½-story Queen Anne style dwelling is basically the mirror image of its neighbor at 90 School Street; the two buildings were constructed for the two business partners who developed Belmont Park. Like the building next door, 96 School (PDF) is clad in a combination of wood shingles and wood clapboards.