The term “painted ladies” might seem to mean something disreputable at first glance, but it is definitely not off-color when it refers to Victorian housing. Painted Ladies is the title of a 1978 book ...

Cape May is a time capsule on the Jersey Shore. The New Jersey beach town is a treasure trove of Victorian architecture with elaborate mansions, ornate guest houses and tours eager to share the stores ...

More than 100 years after its initial popularity, Victorian-style architecture is once again becoming all the rage in the Chicago area. Three projects that illustrate the renewed appeal of Victorian ...

Victorian splendor: A true Painted Lady blossoming from what once was a somber, gray frame dwelling on the northwest corner of Garfield and Ayres Streets in Hinsdale is drawing rave reviews from ...

It takes a special type of person to invest the time, energy and money necessary to rehabilitate an old house or storefront. But it takes even more dedication to turn an old house or business into a ...

On a quiet Newton street just a few blocks from Newton Centre, there’s a house that refuses to be ignored at 929 Beacon Street. With its mansard roof, ornate trim, and cheerful painted exterior, this ...

With mass-produced gingerbread trim, even the simplest house style became glamorous. (Photo by: Jeffrey Greenberg/Universal Images Group via Getty Images) There is no one Victorian house style: the ...

For the first time in 35 years the oldest, largest and most detailed of the seven sisters - known worldwide as the Painted Ladies and Postcard Row - has gone on the real estate market. The ornate ...

Exactly how it happens, no one really knows. But it happens: A house eventually becomes something more than a home - more than a mass of carefully measured and assembled wood and glass, Sheetrock and ...

It's not just a "Painted Lady," but it's a corner painted lady. And yet that didn't help the mansion at Grove and Steiner streets on San Francisco's Alamo Square sell for more than the asking price, ...