| 1850s
- 1880s
| Stacked Vertical Block
| 5 or more stories
|
The
Stacked vertical
block
embodies the characteristically Victorian taste for picturesqueness
and variety.
The immediate ancestor of this style is probably tall versions of two-part
commercial blocks. Before the wide use of elevators after the 1860s, buildings
had only five to six stories.
| Most Stacked Vertical Block
structures have these features:
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Type
| 1850
| 1860
| 1870
| 1880
| 1890
| 1900
| 1910
| 1920
| 1930
| 1940
| 1950
| Feature
|
Stacked
Vertical
Block
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| Especially
common in large cities.
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Created by Heather Slick. June 6, 1997.
