The better question what would you like it to be? its been 'butchered' over the years so I would say who knows what it set out to be at this point.

The first thing that came to mind as I looked was MidWestern Riverboat.

Thanks Mac, that is very helpful.

I don't believe any additions to the house were made besides the center section, the front windows, stairs, molding, trim and fireplace are all original. We are renting the house out to tenants, and I was curious if there were identifiers someone with a knowledge of architecture would be able to pin point. We won't be changing much on the exterior at this point, shingles were repaired and it was freshly painted by the seller.

How about some interior pics and some close ups of the windows.

Well, that 2nd floor turret is not in its original condition nor configuration; the center window is not original and the exterior trim on the corners would have been very different.

Link to rental listing - https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/610-Bonfoy-Ave-Colorado-Springs-CO-80909/13610259_zpid/

Yep that is my house on the listing.

Tatts, what makes you say the center turret and window isn't in the original configuration? The porch is likely newer, along with the columns (posts) in the front.

Check out the book 'A Field Guide to American Houses'!

I think it's totally got a Queen Anne vibe going. I looked at the pics on the listing and love the original windows and woodwork! Pretty!

Beautiful house! I'm not an expert but I agree that Queen Anne/Shingle Style is a good description. Here's a home on the historical tour of the Old North End neighborhood of your city that is identified as a Queen Anne/Shingle Style.

As you mentioned the porch on your home appears to have lost its original details. I think addressing that and repainting would transform the house. The interior is lovely!

I disagree about the turret window configuration, I think this is original . I think this is a scaled down Queen Anne style of some sort.

The high narrow window in the middle is so the bed can be placed under it. This sort of high center window is common in the turrets and bays in my area. Particularly if the houses are twinned and/or close together, it also allows more light in without a direct view into the room from the house next door, just feet away.

Thanks everyone, does anyone know what those curves over the windows are called? They are like eyelids, not eyebrow windows.

Most people incorrectly call an eyebrow dormer an eyebrow window. A dormer projects from the main plane of the roof, and when it is elliptically arched, and contains a an segment of a circular or elliptical window, it’s an eyebrow dormer. I believe that what you have is correctly called an eyebrow window, as opposed to an eyebrow dormer that gets called an eyebrow window.

Wow. The interior is beautiful! I love the classic black &^ white or black and grey look. Can you pull that classic look outside? I would paint what is red on the outside black. I think a dormer on the right side of the house would help balance out the other side. Good luck!

It is a rental, I won't be doing anything outside now as it is freshly painted, when it is time to update trim I was thinking charcoal or darker gray as well.

You are renting so why does it matter ? Why take time and money to change anything on a rental

I own it, and am renting it to tenants.

It is a Queen Anne Victorian Cottage with turret and 1900 is right on for this design.

It has not been butchered!

Got it. I agree with Judy. I think the darker gray would be a nivce tie in into the interior.

Sweet little rental

It's a Queen Anne Victorian. It needs a third darker color for the exterior IMO.

I agree, there is a circular pattern of shakes on the peaks that would look nice in 3 colors.

According to the Field Guide to American Houses, it's a Shingle Style. The shingles are too plain for Queen Anne and she has no curved roof lines.

More hints? Shingled walls with no interruptions at corners, asymmetrical facade with irregular, steeply pitched roof line. About 20% are side gabled as is this one. The Queen would emphasize decorative detailing at doors, windows, cornices, porches or on wall surfaces instead of aiming for a complex shape enclosed within a smooth (shingle) surface.

Plus the timing is right; most were built between 1880 and 1900. Although the style spread, if it's in coastal New England, it's a Shingle.

It is in Colorado.

Queen Anne Cottage I would say. I see a wide variety of Queen Annes from the majestic, asymetrical, turreted gingerbreads to the modest, simple home with no decoration whatsoever. Homes were built by individuals and naturally reflected their likes/dislikes which might result in several blended styles and features. There were no strict boundaries then just as there aren't now...(an understatement with the mess we call architecture today....) People might follow the style norms but also incorporated special features; they built what they liked...purity be damned in many cases.

Our city has an incredible number of antique homes & many Queen Annes; from the most simple to the most magnificient. You might not call them siblings...or even cousins to look at them but they are classified as QA by the historical societies.

The picture above is classified as a QA cottage. Pretty similar to yours.