Morton-Cheely House, Circa 1895, James

This house is a good example of the difficulty in identifying architectural types. On one hand, it has the overall layout of a gabled-ell, or winged gable, Folk Victorian cottage. It’s also closely aligned with the New South cottage. But the Victorian elements are so well applied here, that one might easily consider it a Queen Anne. I’ve learned from architect friends over the years that the flurry of eclecticism that followed the Victorian era makes rigid identifications problematic.

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