The Queen Anne is perhaps the most ornate style of the Victorian period evident in Colorado. Popular between 1880 and 1910, the style varies from the highly decorative Grafton Apartments and Flower-Vaile House to a more restrained version found in many residential neighborhoods.

General characteristics include a vertical orientation, asymmetrical massing, corner towers and bays, prominent decorative porches, projecting gables, and contrasting materials, particularly brick and wood. The degree of ornamentation usually distinguishes the high style from the vernacular.

Ornamentation is emphasized on a high style Queen Anne through the use of scalloped and painted shingles in the gable ends, decorative bargeboards, sunburst detailing, and turned spindles on porches and balconies. The corner tower is prominent, but not always found on a high style building, nor is it always located on the corner.

The vernacular Queen Anne is generally less ornate, but usually features the shingled gables, asymmetrical massing, and some decorative detailing, The vernacular examples have enough decoration to distinguish it from the categories which are strictly vernacular.

These photos depict some designated landmarks in Longmont that are representative of the Queen Anne style.