| When you are looking into purchasing a home in | | | | enough, you will also find them built in pairs, so it is |
| Minneapolis, you will find that there are many | | | | easy to catch two of these arresting homes near |
| different styles and neighborhoods to choose | | | | one another. |
| from. No matter where you look, however, you | | | | With the financial panic of 1873, these homes |
| will find that Minneapolis has a powerful tradition of | | | | declined in popularity and then were ruled out in |
| lovely homes and gorgeous architecture. What | | | | favor of the Queen Anne homes. These houses |
| styles are you likely to encounter and what are | | | | can still be found in many places in Minneapolis, |
| your options going to be? Whether you want a | | | | however, and when searching for them, you'll find |
| home that you can lovingly restore, or you just | | | | that they come in all conditions. |
| want a beautiful home that has already withstood | | | | Rambler |
| the test of time, make sure that you consider | | | | Much more humble, but just as much a part of |
| one of these styles in your search. | | | | the Minneapolis landscape is the rambler home, |
| Queen Anne | | | | which is also known as the American ranch home. |
| When people think of Victorian homes, they are | | | | A rambler home is known for having a low and |
| most likely thinking of Queen Anne homes. | | | | sprawling profile. They are never more than one |
| Although the phrase "Victorian home" brings to | | | | story, and they have a very clean and simple |
| mind elegance and elaborate decorations, the | | | | exterior, usually without decoration. This is |
| truth is that the a Victorian home only refers to | | | | definitely one of the modern styles that you will |
| homes that were simply built between the 1830's | | | | find prevalent in Minneapolis, and it is easy to see |
| and the beginning of the 1900s. Victorian homes in | | | | the influence of the modernist movement and the |
| Minneapolis came from a number of different | | | | American West. They are quite casual and |
| styles and one of the most popular styles in the | | | | comfortable. |
| area was that of the Queen Anne house. The | | | | They were first popular in the 1920s, but there |
| Queen Anne style was the most popular between | | | | was a resurgence of interest between the forties |
| the 1880s and the 1890s. They had very | | | | and the seventies as well as one that occurred |
| elaborate ornamentation and when builders began | | | | quite late in the twentieth century. |
| to mass produce the intricately cut woodwork, | | | | Craftsman |
| known as gingerbread, the style exploded in | | | | A Craftsman home is essentially a backlash from |
| popularity. | | | | the excess and the decorative aesthetic from the |
| When looking for Queen Anne homes in the | | | | Victorian era. A Craftsman home is typically one |
| Minneapolis area, keep an eye out for elegant, | | | | that was built between the beginning of the |
| two or three story homes that have an | | | | twentieth century and the end of the twenties, |
| asymmetrical facade. They usually have a | | | | and upon seeing one, you will find that it is on the |
| dominant gable that pushes out from the front, | | | | plainer side, but it has excellent straight lines and a |
| polygonal towers and a porch that covers part or | | | | lovely profile. Craftsman homes often have low |
| all of the front facade. They also may feature | | | | pitched roof lines as well as tapered square |
| differing wall textures, slate roofs, painted | | | | columns supporting the roofs. Exposed rafters |
| balustrades and enormous chimneys. | | | | and decorative brackets as well as hand-crafted |
| Italiante | | | | stone- and woodwork also make up a large part |
| Another style that you are likely to find as you | | | | of the Craftsman style |
| are looking around Minneapolis known as Italiante, | | | | You will find that these homes are quite prevalent |
| which was a style popular between the 1840s and | | | | when you are looking around Minneapolis. There |
| the late 1880s. They may range from small | | | | are also quite a few new homes that are being in |
| homes, to amazingly large ones, and when you | | | | this style, and many people who are looking for |
| look at the things that set them apart, they are | | | | an antique aesthetic often decorate their homes |
| quite easy to identify. They usually have large | | | | with fixtures from the same period. There are |
| brackets that hang under the eaves and they | | | | many Craftsman homes that were created in the |
| have at least two stories. There is often a square | | | | bungalow style, which is essentially a small home |
| copula that sits on top of the home and the roofs | | | | with every living space on the same level. |
| are pitched at a fairly low angle. Interestingly | | | | |