Tim Gullicksen Educates on San Francisco Architecture
San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) October 27, 2014 -- With real estate on the rise in San Francisco, Tim J. Gullicksen, of Zephyr Realty, is providing clients with information about San Francisco architecture to help make their home buying decision easier.
San Francisco is well known for its array of architectural styles. The city by the bay boasts everything from Victorian single family homes to modern, hi-rise condominiums; and everything in between.
The history of San Francisco is told by the homes constructed in each era. Helping clients choose a style that matches their own is part of the job of Tim J. Gullicksen, of Zephyr Realty. He finds the task to be a lot of fun.
In the city's earliest days, the Italianate Victorians were just flat-fronted boxes, like the buildings one would see in old western towns, which the city really was at the time. The main decorations of these homes are the brackets at the roofline and the hoods over the window and doors.
Very quickly, San Francisco went from being a gold rush outpost to a world-class industrial city. Its citizens wanted to show off all their money with opulent houses. Queen Anne homes are fanciful and over the top. They feature countless combinations of bay windows, turrets and decorated rooflines. The trimming of these homes tends to be feminine and flashy.
In the early 1900s, enter the Edwardians. Though less opulent than earlier Queen Annes, the more masculine trimmed Edwardian houses borrow details from ancient temple architecture. Edwardians had fewer interior walls and featured larger “great rooms.”
Industrialization made San Franciscans face the harsh reality of modern city life and romanticize the simple rural lives of the city’s founders, the missionaries. Mission style revived the look of Spanish missions, which had little decoration on adobe and stucco facades.
By the early 20th century, it seemed machines were producing everything. People feared that traditional crafts were going to be lost to assembly lines. The Craftsman home is not machined; it’s handmade by skilled craftsmen. The movement revived the trades by inflating them to art status. The Craftsman-style home has no added decoration. Instead, it champions the creation of a house into an art in its own right.
For more information about San Francisco architecture, contact Tim J. Gullicksen by calling 415-655-1588 or visit him online at http://www.timgullicksensf.com/.
About the company:
Tim Gullicksen has been a top-producing real estate agent since he first entered into the business, and takes great pride in managing every aspect of each transaction. After graduating from high school in the South Bay, Tim earned a bachelor’s degree in political science and history from the University of California-Berkeley. He went on to earn his teaching credentials from JFK University in Orinda, and taught kindergarten in the San Jose Unified School District. He brings an educational approach to real estate developed from that background, and sees himself as a facilitator of property transactions. For more information, visit his website at http://www.timgullicksensf.com/.
Tim Gullicksen, Tim J Gullicksen Zephyr Realty, http://www.timgullicksensf.com, 415-655-1588, [email protected]
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