Three story homes with ten foot or higher ceilings in the public rooms resulted in eccentric narrow and tall homes in both semi and row figurations. The Bay-and-Gable homes of Toronto are unique within the world of Victorian architecture, in part due to taxation laws of the time that assessed annual taxes based on the [...]
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The Bay-and-Gable Style of Victorian Toronto
Posted in Toronto's Bay-and-Gable Victorian Style, tagged Bay-and-Gable, Gothic, Italianate, Queen Anne, Toronto, Victorian on November 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
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