Architectural Styles
Eclectic
Alt names / subperiods
Timeline
Distinguishing Features
Geographic Presence
1883-1926
- Combines features from various styles – Gothic, Baroque, Colonial, and Modern – often in unexpected ways
- mix of materials (brick, wood, stone)
- mix of textures
- asymmetry
- intricate moldings
- cornices
- varied window styles
- unusual or irregular roof shapes,
- gables
- turrets
- multiple roof planes
- USA,
- Europe
Common Building Types
Landmark buildings
Historic Accommodation Types
Accommodation Examples
- Single family home
- Institutional buildings
- Churches
- retail
- office buildings
- Sagrada Familia Barcelona
- Natural History Museum London,
- Chicago Cultural Center
- Cathedral of Saint John the Divine NYC
- Elgin and Winter Garden Theatre Toronto
- Hearst Castle California
- Street Alfonso VIII. Burgos, Spain
- Residence of Bukovinian and Dalmatian Metropolitans, Chernivtsi, Ukraine
- Aston Webb building at the University of Birmingham
- Lille Synagogue, France
- Church of St. Clare, Horodkivka, Ukraine
- Kuala Lumpur Railway Station, Malaysia,
- Bilbao City Hall
- Beloselsky-Belozersky Palace Russia
- Bode Museum in Berlin
- Herbert H. Hewitt House Buffalo
- Town hall of Comines (France)
- Antwerpen-Centraal railway station
- Palace of Communication, Madrid, Spain
- Eglise Saint-Augustin à Paris
- Parroquia de la Asunción, Dolores Hidalgo, Guanajuato, México
- Maltsev Palace (Balakovo) Russia
- Wedding Palace in Vyborg Russia
- Grand urban hotels
- Resort hotels
- Railway hotels;
- Country inns
- Boarding houses
- Residential hotels / apartment hotels
- Motor-era hotels and early motels
- Guesthouses / Bed & Breakfasts
- Sanatoriums / spa hotels
- retreats
- Popular style for accommodation as it allowed braanding & storytelling, was scalable, & flexible to suit urban, resort, rail, and roadside contexts
- Hotel St. Francis 1904 — San Francisco, CA
- The Plaza Hotel — New York City 1907
- Palmer House (earlier incarnations) — Chicago, IL [1871, rebuilt 1875; major rebuild 1923–25]
- Greenbrier Hotel — White Sulphur Springs, WV 1913
- Breakers Hotel — Palm Beach, FL rebuilt 1926
- Château Frontenac — Québec City, Canada – Railway Hotel 1893
- Banff Springs Hotel — Banff, Canada Railway / mountain resort hotel 1888
- Oak Bluffs Campground Cottages — Martha’s Vineyard, MA 1860s-1900 Resort cottages / seasonal lodging
- Hotel Del Coronado California, 1888 Resort
Adaptive Reuse
- The Inn at Irving Place — New York City
- Ace Hotel (originally the United Artists Building) Los Angeles, California
Landmarks
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