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Stick style

The Stick style was a late-19th-century American architectural style, transitional between the Carpenter Gothic style of the mid-19th century, and the Queen Anne style that it had evolved into by the 1890s. It is named after its use of linear “stickwork” (overlay board strips) on the outside walls to mimic an exposed half-timbered frame.

Characteristics
The style sought to bring a translation of the balloon framing that had risen in popularity during the middle of the century, by alluding to it through plain trim boards, soffits, aprons, and other decorative features. Stick-style architecture is recognizable by the relatively plain layout, often accented with trusses on the gables or decorative shingles.

The stickwork decoration is not structurally significant, being just narrow planks or thin projections applied over the wall’s clapboards. The planks intersect mostly at right angles, and sometimes diagonally as well, resembling the half-timbering of medieval – especially Tudor – buildings.

The style was commonly used in houses, train stations, life-saving stations, and other buildings from the era.

The Stick style did have several characteristics in common with the later Queen Anne style: interpenetrating roof planes with bold panelled brick chimneys, the wrap-around porch, spindle detailing, the “panelled” sectioning of blank wall, radiating spindle details at the gable peaks. Highly stylized and decorative versions of the Stick style are often referred to as Eastlake.

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Stick-Eastlake
Stick-Eastlake is a style term that uses details from the Eastlake Movement, started by Charles Eastlake, of decorative arts on Stick-style buildings. It is sometimes referred to as Victorian Stick, a variation of Stick and Eastlake styles. Stick-Eastlake enjoyed modest popularity in the late 19th century, but there are relatively few surviving examples of the style when compared to other more popular styles of Victorian architecture.

Examples in USA
Chatham Train Station in Chatham, Massachusetts
Delaware and Hudson Railroad Passenger Station (Altamont Free Library) in Altamont, New York
John N. A. Griswold House in Newport, Rhode Island
Hinds House in Santa Cruz, California
Orfordville Depot in Orfordville, Wisconsin
Emlen Physick Estate in Cape May, New Jersey
John Reichert Farmhouse in Mequon, Wisconsin
Swampscott Railroad Depot in Swampscott, Massachusetts
Herman C. Timm House in New Holstein, Wisconsin
Robert Dollar Mansion (Falkirk Cultural Center) in San Rafael, California
Hereford Inlet lighthouse in North Wildwood, New Jersey
Point Fermin Lighthouse in San Pedro, CA

Examples in Sweden
In Sweden, “stick style” is most similar to leaf sawmill, popularly known as “slice of snow” and Swiss style. Examples of stick-syl architecture are found in Djursholms villastad outside Stockholm, where architect Erik Lundroth introduced it. Even Henrik Palme, the initiator of Djursholms villastad, had been interested in the facade type during a study trip to the USA in 1888. Examples of Swedish buildings in the stick style include Villa Ugglebo (architect Thor Thorén), Villa Lorride and Villa Ransäter (both architect Erik Lundroth).

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