Say Hello to Richardsonian Romanesque

Know your Victorians

Built from 1880–1900, Richardsonian Romanesque architecture is a somewhat rare subtype of Victorian easily identified by rounded, sometimes massive arches that appear over windows, doors, and porch supports. Masonry walls and asymmetrical facades are typical and most houses have towers. Who wouldn’t want a house with a freaking tower, right?

A Richardsonian Romanesque house in Halifax, Nova Scotia. That’s in Canada, eh?”