The Cox House

Queen Anne style architecture was one of a number of popular Victorian architectural styles that emerged in the United States during the period from roughly 1880 to 1910.^[2] Popular there during this time, it followed the Second Empire and Stick styles and preceded the Richardsonian Romanesque and Shingle styles. Sub-movements of Queen Anne include the Eastlake movement.

The style bears almost no relationship to the original Queen Anne style architecture in Britain (a toned-down version of English Baroque that was used mostly for gentry houses) which appeared during the time of Queen Anne, who reigned from 1702 to 1714, nor of Queen Anne Revival (which appeared in the latter 19th century there).

The American style covers a wide range of picturesque buildings with "free Renaissance" (non-Gothic Revival) details, rather than being a specific formulaic style in its own right.

The term "Queen Anne", as an alternative both to the French-derived Second Empire style and the less "domestic" Beaux-Arts style, is broadly applied to architecture, furniture and decorative arts of the period from 1880 to 1910. Some Queen Anne architectural elements, such as the wrap-around front porch, continued to be found into the 1920s.

The Cox House was built in 1905 as the personal residence of James M. Cox, Governor of Ohio and Presidential candidate This Queen Anne and Shingle Style is reminiscent of the rambling summer home "cottages" of Long Island and Newport. Cox leased the home with the stipulation that he would paint and decorate the house, install a "first-class water system" and build a stable. He lived here from 1905 until his election as Governor in 1911. In 2019, the Dayton View Historic Association acquired and donated the vacant home to a new owner who is lovingly restoring it.

The term Shingle Style was coined in 1955 by architectural historian Vincent Scully. Scully created the term to distinguish the large late-Victorian era houses whose basic design element is the decorative wood shingle. Wood shingles can also be found on many Queen Anne houses. However, Shingle Style houses differ from Queen Anne homes. Unlike Queen Anne architecture, Shingle Style houses do not emphasize decorative detailing at doors, windows, cornices and porches. This decorative detailing is the hallmark of the typical

Queen Anne house. Instead the Shingle Style aims to create the effect of a complex shape enclosed within the shingled exterior. The shingle features serve to unify the irregular outline of the house. This effect is quite apparent on the Cox house. Please observe the second story of the polygonal bay and the simple one-over- one sash. These features are designed to draw attention to the uniformity of the shingled surface. Nevertheless, the shingled upper- story must compete for your attention with the granite boulder walls that comprise the first floor. These variegated stones are an impressive design element that is somewhat hidden by the porch and porte-cochere. However, these massive stones have the effect of firmly anchoring the house into the ground.

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