Because of industrial developments and the advent of mass production during this time, home design broke away from the simple, symmetrical, box-shaped home designs that had been popular. Victorian house plans reflected the new ability and freedom to add elaborate detail and decoration to a home plan's facade. Features of Victorian house plans may include asymmetrical massing, "gingerbread" ornamentation, fishscale shingles, turrets and/or towers at the corners, oval glass in the front door, elaborate and intricately decorated porches, and varieties of patterns and sometimes quite vibrant colors.
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