Gingerbread Cottage in Historic Mount Tabor

Gingerbread Cottage in Historic Mount Tabor

This one-bedroom gingerbread cottage is so colorful and quirky that it made me smile. You don’t see houses like this very often!

It was built in 1871 and is on the market in the Historic Mount Tabor neighborhood of New Jerse.

Decorative ironwork, ornate woodwork and whimsical details throughout. Double door entry to LR w/amazing plaster ornaments, stained glass in baywindow nook and beamed ceiling w/antique pendant lights.

Wood brng stove. HW flrs throughout FF. Gingerbread arch into DR & Kit. Updated Kitchen w/Corian ctrs, cherry cabs, door to yard, Powder Room. DR slate fireplace backing, picture window.

Oak stairs w/antique carved oak niche for display. Wide plank heart pine flrs on 2nd level. MBR w/Sitting Area/poss 2nd BR. Ornate gingerbread arch w/glass details btwn. rooms. MBR features loads of light from cupola skylight and double doors to the beautiful balcony.

Remod. Bath w/antique ovrszd ped. sink & claw foot tub. Serene Yard w/iron gazebo, perennial plantings.

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Gingerbread Cottage in Historic Mount Tabor

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Kimberly Crest House and Gardens

Kimberly Crest House & Gardens

Kimberly Crest House and Gardens is a French château-style Victorian mansion located in Redlands, California. The property is a registered California Historical Landmark and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Kimberly-Shirk Association is dedicated to the preservation of Kimberly Crest House & Gardens to:
• Share the aesthetic experience of the estate;

• Educate visitors about the history and significance of the events, people, objects and culture of Kimberly Crest;

 • Inspire in others the vision and leadership in education, philanthropy, community and human values exemplified by Mary Kimberly Shirk. 

The 7,000 square foot, three-story chateau sits on a six and one quarter acre estate two miles south of downtown Redlands, at 1325 Prospect Drive, and is enjoyed by more than 11,000 visitors annually.

Originally built by Mrs. Cornelia A. Hill, a widow from New York State, the home was purchased by J. Alfred Kimberly (a co-founder of the Kimberly-Clark Corporation) and Helen Cheney Kimberly in 1905. Their widowed daughter, Mary Kimberly Shirk, lived in the home from 1920 until her death in 1979.

Kimberly Krest House and Gardens

The house's unique features include a French revival parlor complete with gilt furniture and silk damask wall coverings. Terraced Italian gardens, orange groves and ponds surround this historic landmark home. The lily ponds feature radiant Koi; vivid red, pink and yellow lilies against deep green majestic lotus blossoms; and papyrus. In 1998, KSA was made an honorary member of the Inland Koi Society who maintains the lily ponds at Kimberly Crest.

In 1963 there was a community effort to raise money to purchase Prospect Park (a 39 acre botanical park east and adjacent to Kimberly Crest) for the City of Redlands. To motivate support for this project, Mrs. Shirk promised to give her home to the "people of Redlands," if the needed money was raised. The park was acquired in 1968. The following year the Kimberly-Shirk Association, a non-profit corporation was formed. In her will, Mrs. Shirk left the house to the Association for the people of Redlands.

Photos of Victorian Houses

Victorian houses are architecturally commonly referred to as the Victorian Style but this "style" is really a period in history. The Victorian era roughly corresponds to the time when Queen Victoria ruled Britain (1837 to 1901).
During this time, industrialization brought many innovations in architecture. There is a wide variety of Victorian styles, each with its own distinctive features.

Types of Victorian Styles Include: Second Empire, Queen Anne, Stick, Shingle, and Richardsonian Romanesque.

Photos of Victorian Houses:

Pine Meadow, Connecticut

Cape May - New Jersey

West Cliff Inn, Santa Cruz

Washington, Georgia

Seven Sisters Inn, Ocala Florida

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Image of Victorian House. Victorian Style: Beautiful Home Design. If I could have this style home with all the things I've ever dreamed of in a house, I'd be set.

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Modern Victorian Interiors

I am currently restoring an 1850's Victorian End-Terrace house and take inspiration from both modern and traditional photo's like the ones pinned on this board.

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Modern Victorian Interiors

Images of Victorian Cottages

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Examples of Victorian interiors.

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Images of Victorian houses

Images and photos of the best Victorian houses.
Victorian home designs draw from a variety of styles from Gothic to Italianate. Laden with turrets, porches, and bays and embellished with gingerbread, shingles, and fanciful windows, Victorian home plans are like snowflakes: no two are alike.

Victorian house plans typically feature at least two stories with, with steep complex rooflines. Eaves and gable ends may boast decorative brackets and delicate gingerbread ornamentation.
Thanks to their irregular massing, Victorian floor plans tend to be free-form and rambling. Victorian sub-styles include Gothic Revival, Queen Anne or Eastlake, Stick style, Second Empire, and Shingle style.

Victorian Houses, Southfield, Hessle

Victorian house on High St near Madison

Victorian Children In Coal Mines

Dave's Victorian House Site

Victorian Architecture, house styles

Wedding Cake House Maine

Victorian architecture refers to several styles developed during the reign of Queen Victoria

A common mental image of a "Victorian" home looks much like a dollhouse with elaborate trim and bright colors. But the term "Victorian architecture" actually refers to styles that emerged in the period between 1830 and 1910, during the reign of Queen Victoria. The Victorian era spawned several well-known styles, including Gothic revival, Italianate, Second Empire, Queen Anne, stick style, Romanesque style and shingle style.

The Victorian styles evolved largely from the imposing, elaborate Gothic style, which appealed to the romantic Victorian idea that fashion, architecture and furnishings should be beautiful rather than practical. A wealthy Victorian woman's clothing, for example, involved corsets, hoop skirts and dresses that used yards of fabric. It made sense for the trendy home designs to reflect that excess as well.
Architects took the ideas of Gothic architecture and added French, Italian, Tudor and even Egyptian details. Designers were free to combine the styles to create several different well-known styles -- and combine the styles as they saw fit. As a result, there are few Victorian homes that look the same.
Ideas from the Gothic style may have started the Victorian styles, but a kick from the Industrial Revolution nationalized the trend. Steam-powered sawmills could create elaborate materials cheaper and faster. As a result, late Victorian homes became increasingly ornate. Even lower-income families could afford trim and patterns to turn their existing homes into "folk Victorians."
The Queen Anne style came into fashion in the 1880s, at the height of the mass-production of architectural trim. These elaborate, brightly colored homes are the image most people think of when they picture a Victorian home.
As the Arts and Crafts Movement began to hit America, critics accused the Victorians of needless complexity and clutter, advocating a more streamlined, handcrafted home. The style fell out of fashion, but is still very prevalent in historic communities around the country.
Key Elements

• Two to three stories. Victorian homes are usually large and imposing.
• Wood or stone exterior. The majority of Victorian styles use wood siding, but the Second Empire and Romanesque styles almost always have outer walls made of stone.
• Complicated, asymmetrical shape. Unlike the boxy Greek revival style, Victorian homes have wings and bays in many directions.
• Decorative trim. Commonly called "gingerbread," Victorian homes are usually decorated with elaborate wood or metal trim.
• Textured wall surfaces. Scalloped shingles, patterned masonry or half-timbering are commonly used to dress up Victorian siding.
• Steep, multi-faceted roof or Mansard roof. Victorian homes often have steep, imposing rooflines with many gables facing in different directions. The Second Empire Victorian style has a flat-topped Mansard roof with windows in the side to allow for maximum space inside the house.
• One-story porch. A large, wraparound porch with ornamental spindles and brackets is common, especially in the Queen Anne style.
• Towers. Some high-end Victorian homes are embellished with a round or octagonal tower with a steep, pointed roof.
• Vibrant colors. Before the Victorian era, most houses were painted all one color, usually white or beige. By 1887, bright earth tones like burnt sienna and mustard yellow were in vogue.

Famous Examples

• Gingerbread House. This Savannah, Ga., landmark was built by Cord Asendorf in 1889. It's considered one of the best examples of Steamboat Gothic architecture.
• Wedding Cake House. This square brick home in Kennebuck, Maine, was originally built in 1826. Like many homes in the Victorian era, it was covered in wooden Gothic decoration in 1850 to keep up with architecture trends.
• "Painted Ladies" in San Francisco. The term "painted ladies" refers to Victorian houses painted in three or more colors to embellish their architectural detail. It was first used to describe the colorful homes in San Francisco in the 1978 book Painted Ladies: San Francisco's Resplendent Victorians.
• Rosson House. Built in 1895, this Phoenix home is a great example of the Queen Anne style and is now a museum. Its detailed trim is often referred to as Eastlake detailing, after furniture designer Charles Eastlake's elaborate creations.