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Joe Offer Origins: Queen Anne Front (Robert Schmertz) (17) RE: Origins: Queen Anne Front (Robert Schmertz) 26 Mar 17


I'm sure MrNoName has good intentions, but I'm not sure I'm ready to believe that the Georgian houses in Bath have a "Queen Anne Front." I'm tempted to think that the phrase "Queen Anne front and a Mary Ann behind" was coined by Robert Schmertz. The expression just sounds American to me, and it sounds like something Schmertz would come up with - remember that Robert Schmertz was an architecture professor at Carnegie Tech.

Wikipedia has an interesting article on the Queen Anne Style of architecture. If the article is correct, what is called "Queen Anne" in England, is close to what I would call "Georgian." What is called "Queen Anne" in North America, is much more ornate.

-Joe-

P.S. Most of what I remember of Acme's house, was the beautiful and delicious eggplant growing in the garden. After eating that eggplant Parmesan, I felt I had died and gone to heaven. Who needs architecture when there's eggplant to eat?


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