Eastlake refers to a style of ornamentation applied to buildings of other styles, most often Queen Anne; named for Charles Locke Eastlake (1833—1906), English interior designer; decorative elements were machine made, massive and robust, frequently lathe-turned.

FORMS:  from previous styles.

ROOF:  gables, hips and spires, mostly in Queen Anne compositions.

WINDOWS:  double—hung, rectangular, sometimes Palladian.

PORCHES:  elaborate, distinctive, with abundance of oversized, richly ornamental posts, railings, balusters, scrolls, brackets, and spindles, turned on the wood lathe and repeated everywhere.

TRIM: used to embellish gables near the ridge, set out from the wall; sculpted, fan—shaped siding also common in gables.

35 S. Summit, c.1855 2002

1008 Congress, 1865 1985