Victorian

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In the 1920s and 30s the Marine Drive corniche, with its Art Deco buildings was constructed, birthing a uniquely modern architectural style that departed from the earlier Victorian Gothic character.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

They stay in a rambling Victorian house in the Garden District and record in a studio that’s haunted.

From Salon • Mar. 24, 2026

The Brookmans’ holiday home goes from being a pretty cottage to a “ghastly pile” to “the sort of grim, four-square, red-brick Victorian house you could imagine Roderick Usher living in.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026

She’s running late, so Rivera and I settle into his cavernous Victorian home to speak about how he combed through decades of his archive to create the book.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 18, 2026

A moment later he’s bounding into the kitchen fully dressed, as if he’d pulled on his clothes while careening down the steep wooden staircase of our drafty Victorian house.

From "If I Stay" by Gayle Forman