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The Queen Anne style is unique and distinguishable from other styles of architecture because it was usually just used on homes. Unlike the Gothic Revival and Federal styles, which besides being used for residential design, were also used for public institutions, churches and commercial building design, the Queen Anne style stays true to being exclusively a high-end residential style of architecture. Furthermore, the Queen Anne style doesn’t sample characteristics of past eras, but it created a new design paradigm that spearheaded the movement personified in the typical house style of the 20th century.

For the most part, homes that are designed with the Queen Anne Style Architecture have irregular, high-pitched roofs, spindles, lookouts, decorative structural elements like columns, and also covered balconies. In addition, the style is broken into sub-styles as well – Spindled, Half-Timbered, Patterned Masonry and Free Classic.