The Victorian style builds on the Carpenter Gothic cottages abundant in early rail-served coastal resorts. Pattern Books published by Andrew Jackson Downing and others were the source for many of these early house designs. These books made it easier for the builders of early resorts, country estates and even modest dwellings to adopt the style. Although exotic Victorian houses incorporating Eastlake, Queen Anne and Italianate details grew in popularity, folk-based Victorian houses flourished in this region.
    The Norfolk Victorian style is based on the simple, elegant formsadapted to small houses. The massing forms are simple, while ornament is typically restrained and limited to the porch and the building’s cornice.
    In this section of the pattern book you will find the following detailed information about the Norfolk Colonial style house: