Now ladies and genmen, I ain't no ARK-E-TECK and I ain't never built
much of nothin' but I can sure tell you an 8 foot long porch ain't a
porch, IT'S A STOOP, least that's what we call 'em up heah.

There's a house in Chester, VT that my gramma always used to say had
a Queen Anne front and a Mary Jane back, meaning that the fancy
detail only was on the front part of the house and it was plain with
no scroll work on the back.  Our house has fancier trim downstairs
than up and the upstairs trim is painted while the downstairs is
varnish or something.  The wood down here is oak and is suspect the
upstairs is pine or similar.  Ruth



>  The living room,
>dining room and library open onto an  8-foot-long covered porch across the
>back of the house.  Bob, an 8 foot long covered porch is awfully daring,
>especially on the back of the house.  Did you have to invent any new
>structural members to support such a large span?  And can you explain to us
>the conceptual difference between a Queen Anne front and a Mary Anne behind;
>and between a Mary Ann behind and a Shingle Style back ?
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Ruth Barton
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Westminster, VT