Editing Queen Anne Architecture (section)

== Interiors ==

Queen Anne interiors matched exterior complexity with specialized rooms, elaborate woodwork, and careful attention to domestic function. Entry halls featured elaborate staircases, often with turned balusters and carved newel posts that announced the house's quality. Living halls—large rooms combining reception and living functions—replaced the traditional parlor in some designs. Rooms flowed into one another through wide openings, creating spatial sequences unknown in earlier, more compartmentalized plans.<ref name="tatum"/>

Woodwork throughout Queen Anne houses displayed skilled craftsmanship: paneled wainscoting, elaborate door and window trim, built-in cabinets and inglenooks, and mantels of varied designs. Stained glass provided color and filtered light, appearing in entry transoms, stair landings, and decorative windows. These interiors, though often simplified by later owners, survive in many Philadelphia Queen Anne houses, their quality attracting buyers willing to maintain or restore original features.<ref name="moss"/>